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IMMIGRATION AT LOWU
1. The Hong Kong Government faced with a
dramatically increased number of imigrants from
China, both illegal (escapers) and legal. The
latest figures are given at Annex A. Unless
steps are taken to curb the flow, the increase in
Hong Kong's population through immigration during
the current financial year could reach a total
similar to the natural increase in the population
58,000
If this rate of immigration
last year (585)
58 thousand),
continues it will have an extremely serious effect
on the Hong Kong Government's welfare, social, and
development plans. There are also potential
security problems.
2. The Hong Kong Government therefore wish to
take steps urgently to reduce the total of Chinese
immigration into Hong Kong. They are reluctant
to return illegal immigrants to China, but HM
Ambassador in Peking has questioned whether it is
right to discriminate in their favour. What the
Hong Kong Government would like to do is to a modified version of the
reintroduce/anpro1967 (system of immigration
which existed until 1967.
control at the border at Iowa, with one important
modification
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