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Wednesday, August 16, 1972
INCREASE IN PASSENGER MOVEMENT AT HONG KONG AIRPORT
Passenger movement at Hong Kong International Airport has shown a big
increase in the second quarter of this year.
Immigration Officers cleared a total of 665,712 passengers arriving or leaving Hong Kong during this period, representing an increase of nearly 45 per cent compared with 460,913 in the same three months in 1971.
In addition, 85,211 travellers passed through Hong Kong in transit.
The new Immigration Ordinance, which was introduced on April 1 this year,
had little effect on the passenger movement and did not cause many problems at the
airport.
The new controls on U.K. passport holders were also implemented smoothly. At the border, immigration officers cleared a total of 157,301 people
arriving from and 132,528 going into China during the quarter.
The total clearance at the border showed a drop of 51 per cent compared
with the preceding quarter but an increase of more than 90 per cent compared
with the same period in 1971.
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