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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 12, 1989

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THREE MAIN SOURCES OF INFORMATION ON EMIGRATION

IN

INFORMATION

ADMINISTRATIVE

THE GOVERNMENT RELIED ON THREE MAIN SOURCES OF ESTIMATING THE EXTENT OF EMIGRATION, THE SECRETARY FOR SERVICES AND INFORMATION, THE HON PETER TSAO, INFORMED THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

THESE WERE THE POLICE, CONSULATES OR COMMISSIONS IN HONG AND THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT, MR TSAO SAID IN A WRITTEN REPLY QUESTION FROM THE HON SELINA CHOW.

KONG,

TO A

NO CRIMINAL WERE REQUIRED

MR TSAO SAID THAT APPLICATION FOR CERTIFICATES OF CONVICTION (CNCC) PROCESSED BY THE POLCIE FORCE, WHICH BY MOST DESTINATION COUNTRIES, WAS ONE SOURCE OF INFORMATION.

ANOTHER SOURCE WAS THE NUMBER OF VISAS DESTINATION COUNTRIES, WHICH WAS PROVIDED COMMISSIONS IN HONG KONG, HE SAID.

ISSUED BY THE MAIN BY CONSULATES OR

THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT, BY PROVIDING THE STATISTICS ON BALANCE OF MOVEMENT OF HONG KONG RESIDENTS (OTHER THAN

THE OUT OF CHINA), WAS THE THIRD SOURCE OF INFORMATION.

THOSE IN AND

BASED ON THESE SOURCES AND ALLOWING FOR INTERVALS IN THE EMIGRATION PROCESS, MR TSAO SAID THAT THE GOVERNMENT THE VARIOUS TIME HAD FORECAST A TOTAL OF 42,000 HONG KONG PEOPLE EMIGRATING IN 1989.

IT WAS ESTIMATED THAT THE NUMBER LEAVING FOR WOULD BE ABOUT 16,400 PEOPLE, WHILE THE NUMBER EMIGRATING TO AUSTRALIA CANADA IN 1989 WOULD BE ABOUT 10,900 PEOPLE. SOME 12,800 EMIGRATE TO THE UNITED STATES

PEOPLE WOULD LIKELY COUNTRIES.

GO TO OTHER

AND ABOUT

1,900 WOULD

BILL SEEKS TO INCREASE FEES FROM DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES

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THE BANKING (AMENDMENT) BILL 1989 SEEKS ΤΟ GIVE LEGISLATIVE EFFECT TO THE PROPOSALS IN THIS YEAR'S BUDGET TO INCREASE WITH EFFECT FROM APRIL 1, 1989 THE FEES PAYABLE BY DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE FINANCIAL SECRETARY, THE HON PIERS JACOBS, WHEN MOVING THE SECOND READING OF THE BILL IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

MR JACOBS NOTED THAT THESE FEES WERE LAST REVISED IN 1988.

THE INCREASE WERE DESIGNED TO REDUCE THE UNDER-RECOVERY OF GOVERNMENT SUPERVISION COSTS INCURRED IN RESPECT OF THESE COMPANIES, HE SAID.

"I ESTIMATE THAT THE INCREASES WILL YIELD AN ADDITIONAL $3 MILLION IN THE CURRENT FINANCIAL YEAR,

++ MR JACOBS SAID.

DEBATE ON THE BILL WAS ADJOURNED.

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