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TUESDAY, MARCH 3, 1992
"FOR THE REMAINDER
OF THE APPLICANTS, THE IMMIGRATION HAS SENT OUT
THOSE 22,981 LETTERS TO DEPARTMENT
IN THE GENERAL OCCUPATIONAL CLASS AND THE DISCIPLINED
WHOSE SERVICES CLASS
SELECTED PROVISIONAL SCORES MAY BRING THEM WITHIN THE QUOTA OF THEIR OCCUPATIONAL GROUP.
THE
"THE LETTER WILL GIVE THE APPLICANT A ROUGH INDICATION OF
INTERVIEW, TIME IN WHICH HE WILL BE INVITED TO ATTEND A VERIFICATION HE SAID.
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THE
IN ADDITION, THE SPOKESMAN SAID BY THE END OF LAST MONTH, IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT HAD ALSO INFORMED 1,390 APPLICANTS IN THE ABOVE TWO CLASSES WHOSE PROVISIONAL SCORES WERE VERY CLOSE TO THE QUOTA LINE THAT THEIR APPLICATIONS WERE STILL UNDER CONSIDERATION.
QUOTA
APPLICANTS
ON
THE
CAN AT THE
OR BELOW MIGHT EVENTUALLY MOVE ABOVE "THESE LINE, DEPENDING
THEY WHETHER
APPLICANTS OR OTHER SUBSTANTIATE INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THEIR APPLICATION FORMS INTERVIEW STAGE," HE EXPLAINED.
THE UNSUCCESSFUL
+
THAT
ALSO ANNOUNCED SPOKESMAN
APPLICANTS WOULD RECEIVE LETTERS THEIR APPLICATIONS WERE NOT SUCCESSFUL.
FROM STARTING
MARCH, INFORMING THEM THAT
APPLICANTS ARE REMINDED TO KEEP THE POSTED OF CHANGES IN THEIR ADDRESSES.
IMMIGRATION
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EMIGRATION RATE LEVELLING OFF
DEPARTMENT
THE LATEST STATISTICS ON EMIGRATION COMPILED BY THE SHOW THAT THE YEARLY EMIGRATION RATE IS LEVELLING OFF AT 60,000 MARK.
GOVERNMENT
THE
AROUND
A THE LATEST STATISTICS ON EMIGRATION, ANNOUNCING
GOVERNMENT TODAY (TUESDAY) THAT AN SPOKESMAN SAID
ESTIMATED 62,000 PEOPLE EMIGRATED FROM HONG KONG IN 1990.
THE ESTIMATES FOR 1991 AND THE PROVISIONAL FORECAST ARE BOTH 60,000.
FOR 1992
MAIN
NEEDED SAID.
"THE STATISTICS ARE BASED ON THE NUMBER OF VISAS ISSUED BY DESTINATION COUNTRIES, TAKING INTO CONSIDERATION THE
. THE FOR THE VISAS TO BE TAKEN UP BY THE EMIGRANTS,
THE
LEAD TIME SPOKESMAN
SAID ON THE ESTIMATES FOR 1991, THE SPOKESMAN COMMENTING FIGURE BROADLY AGREED WITH WHAT THE GOVERNMENT HAD FORECAST IN 1990.
/HE ADDED
THE