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TUESDAY, JUNE 5, 1979

958,170 ARRIVALS IN APRIL

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A TOTAL OF 958,170 PEOPLE ARRIVED IN HONG KONG IN APRIL, SHOWING AN INCREASE OF 429,233 COMPARED WITH APRIL 1978, ACCORDING TO STATISTICS RELEASED BY THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT TODAY (TUESDAY).

OF THE ARRIVALS, 256,680 CAME BY AIR WHILE 299,309 CAME BY SEA AND 402,181 BY LAND.

DEPARTURES TOTALLED 925,640, AN INCREASE OF 410,897 COMPARED WITH APRIL 1978. OF THE TOTAL, 255,788 LEFT BY AIR, 295,858 BY

·SEA AND 373,994 BY LAND.