TNAG-0803-FCO40-1007-Immigration-from-China-to-Hong-Kong-1979 — Page 49

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FM HONG KONG 140320Z DEC 78

TO IMMEDIATE PEKING

TELEGRAM NUMBER 242 OF 14 DECEMBER

W PASSED BY 9.0.D. 7

INFO PRIORITY F CO ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON

MY TELNO 1431: IMMIGRATION FROM CHINA.

YOU MAY FIND THE FOLLOWING FURTHER DETAILS FOR DECEMBER

(UP TO THE 13TH) USEFUL IN SPEAKING TO THE FOREIGN MINISTER:

A. TOTAL LEGAL ARRIVALS WITHOUT ONWARD VISAS: 4,462 (DAILY

AVERAGE, 343 - COMPARED WITH NOVEMBER, 304: AND OCTOBER, 257):

B. CPG PASSPORT HOLDERS WITHOUT ONWARD VISAS: 1,669 (OF WHICH 1,663 WITH THE PHILIPPINES AS DECLARED DESTINATION).

2. THESE FIGURES SHOW THAT THERE ARE NO SIGNS OF THE CHINESE TAKING EFFECTIVE MEASURES TO DEAL WITH THE PROBLEM.

MACLEHOSE

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