TNAG-0802-FCO40-1006-Immigration-from-China-to-Hong-Kong-1978 — Page 258

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PIRITY

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TO PRIORITY F.C.O TELNO.836 OF 5 JULY 78,

INFO PRIORITY PEKING,

PA

HKK 341/1

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY MO. 51

- 6 JUL 1978

DESK OFFICER

INDEX

PA

PE

81

TRY

Action Teken

No. Ros Anil Cas

Roanil

ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON.

(66)

OUR TELNO.724: CHINESE IMMIGRATION.

1. THE FIGURES FOR JUNE SHOW THAT A TOTAL OF 5,423 CHINESE

CROSSED THE BORDER AT LOWU DURING THE MONTH (COMPARED WITH 2,267 IN JUNE 1977). THIS GIVES AN AVERAGE OF 181 PER DAY COMPARED

WITH AN AVERAGE OF 142 PER DAY IN MAY. SOME TWENTY FOUR PERCENT

CLAIMED AN ONWARD DESTINATION BUT WERE WITHOUT ADEQUATE TRAVEL

DOCUMENTATION TO GET THERE. ONLY 39 PEOPLE HAD VISAS FOR AN

ONWARD DESTINATION.

2. THE POLITICAL ADVISER GAVE THESE FIGURES TODAY TO THE DIRECTOR

OF NCNA, LI CHU-SHENG. HE SAID THAT HE KNEW H.M AMBASSADOR IN

PEKING HAD RECENTLY SPOKEN ON THE SUBJECT TO SUNG CHIH-KUANG

(PEKING TELNO.374) AND THAT THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES WERE SEIZED

OF THE PROBLEM. NEVERTHELESS IT WAS A MATTER OF GROWING CONCERN

THAT THE NUMBERS CONTINUED TO INCREASE, L! TOOK THE FIGURES WITH

HIM AND AGREED THAT IT WAS A PROBLEM BUT MADE NO FURTHER COMMENT.

MACLEHOSE

FILES

FED

MVD

PS/LORD GORONWY-ROBERTS PS/PUS

HK & GD

SIR A DUFF

PUSD

SIR E YOUDE

010

IPD

NEWS D

MR CORTAZZI

MR MURRAY

MR FIGG

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HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE LONDON

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