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FM ONG KONG 130958Z DEC 78

TO IMMEDIATE F C O

TELEGRAM NUMBER 1431 OF 13 DECEMBER

INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING

INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON

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MY TELNO 1388 : IMMIGRATION FROM CHINA.

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INDEX

سلا

HRIL 341/1

14 DEC 1978

No. 51

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ction Ten

WE HAVE JUST NOTICED AN UNFORTUNATE ERROR IN THE FIGURE GIVEN IN

REFTEL FOR LEGAL IMMIGRANTS HOLDING ONWARD VISAS IN NOVEMBER.

THIS SHOULD READ QUOTE EIGHT HUNDRED AND FORTY UNQUOTE. THE FIGURE

GIVEN IN MY TELNO 1387 PARA 1 FOR THOSE ENTERING HONG KONG LEGALLY

WITHOUT ONWARD VISAS IN NOVEMBER SHOULD CONSEQUENTLY BE AMENDED TO READ QUOTE 9106 (REPEAT 9106) UNQUOTE AND NOT (REPEAT NOT)

8105. THE TOTAL FIGURE IN MY TELNO 1387 FOR LEGAL IMMIGRATION IS GIVEN CORRECTLY AS 60, 195: PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS INCLUDES THOSE

WITH ONWARD VISAS.

2. CUMULATIVE FIGURES FOR 1978 TO 12 DECEMBER :

A. TOTAL LEGAL ARRIVALS : 64,770 :

B. ARRIVALS EXCLUDING THOSE WITH ONWARD VISAS : 61,916 :

C. ILLEGALS ARRESTED : 7,549 (THIS EXCLUDES 440 ORIGINALLY FROM

VIETNAM WHO HAVE NOT YET BEEN ACCEPTED BACK BY CHINA) : AND

D. ILLEGALS REPATRIATED : 7,49% (THIS INCLUDES 69 PEOPLE ORIGINALLY

FROM VIETNAM WHO ARRIVED BY BOAT FROM CHINA AND WHO WERE SUCCESSFULLY REPATRIATED).

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PS/LORD GORONNY ROBERTS

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MR MURRAY

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COPIES TO: Hong Kong GOVT

OFFICE LONDON 6 GRAFTON ST. W.