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ON LIMITATION WILL QUALIFY FOR PERMANENT STAY WHEN THEY HAVE

RESIDED IN HONG KONG CONTINUOUSLY FOR SEVEN YEARS AND ACQUIRE

CHINESE RESIDENT STATUS UNDER SECTION 2 OF THE IMMIGRATION

ORDINANCE.

6. WE HAVE ALSO NOT GIVEN THE QUOTE AVERAGE UNQUOTE AGE OF LEGAL

IMMIGRANTS FROM CHINA BECAUSE IT IS NOT IMMEDIATELY AVAILABLE AND BECAUSE WE THINK IT IS NOT VERY MEANINGFUL. HOWEVER, THE PERCENTAGES OF LEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM CHINA IN EACH AGE GROUP

FROM 1975 · 1977 ARE GIVEN BELOW:

€

15 :

34

PERCENT

16

25

1

15

PERCENT

26

35

18.5 PERCENT

36

45

17 PERCENT

46

55 薯

5.5

PERCENT

56

65

5

PERCENT

OVER 65 * 5

PERCENT

STATISTICS ON THE AGE OF LEGAL IMMIGRANTS FROM CHINA BEFORE 1975

ARE NOT AVAILABLE, BUT WE THINK THEY WOULD NOT BE VERY DIFFERENT FROM THE FIGURES QUOTED ABOVE.

7. THE STATISTICS QUOTED ABOVE IN PARA.5 HAVE NOT BEEN PUBLISHED

IN ANY OFFICIAL REPORT IN HONG KONG, BUT HAVE BEEN DISCLOSED PERIODICALLY IN RESPONSE TO PRESS ENQUIRIES.

ROBERTS

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CLES

RGD

PS LORD GORONWY ROBERTS

MA MURRAY

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