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HONG KONG:

NUMBER OF PERSONS ADMITTED TO THE UNITED KINGDOM

1973

1974

Visitors for less than 12 months

8,474

7,944

Passengers in Transit

2,089

2,175

Students

1,660

1,776

Au Pair Girls

2

Diplomats/Officials (and dependants)

10

9

Work Permit Holders (most for 12

months)

138

106

Dependants of Work Permit Holders

41

27

Admitted for Marriage*

7

Others granted leave to enter

for 12 months

61

85

Admitted for settlement

1,295

1,271

Persons returning to UK from

temporary absence abroad

4.126

4,438

TOTAL ADMITTED

17,894

17,840

New category introduced from 1 September 1974.

NOTE: 70 persons from Hong Kong were refused leave to enter

the UK in 1973 and 160 in 1974.