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CONFIDENTIAL
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CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG 0913212 OCT 79
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TO PRIORITY FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE TELNO.1483 OF 9 OCTOBER,
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INFO PRIORITY: PEKING, HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE LONDON,
FOR MCLAREN FROM GOVERNOR.
BRIEF FOR HUA'S VISIT : IMMIGRATION FROM CHINA.
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1. I SUGGEST THAT HUA SHOULD BE SPOKEN TO ON THE LINES OF
PARAGRAPH 2 BELOW AND IN THE CONTEXT OF REMARKS ABOUT THE
GENERALLY EXCELLENT STATE OF RELATIONS OVER HONG KONG.
2.
IMMIGRATION, LEGAL AND ILLEGAL, REMAINS A VERY SERIOUS
PROBLEM. WE REALISE THAT THE CHINESE HAVE MADE EFFORTS TO
BRING THE NUMBERS DOWN. BUT THEY ARE STILL FAR TOO HIGH.
THE PRESENT RATE OF LEGAL AND ILLEGAL ARRIVALS IS THE EQUIVALENT
OF AT LEAST 125,000 PER YEAR AND MAY, BECAUSE OF ILLEGAL EVADERS,
BE CONSIDERABLY HIGHER. IN THE LAST 21 MONTHS HONG KONG HAS
ABSORBED 230,000 LEGAL AND ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS, HONG KONG SIMPLY CANNOT ABSORB NUMBERS AT THIS RATE WITHOUT A VERY SERIOUS EFFECT ON THE ECONOMY AND STABILITY OF THE TERRITORY. SOME WAY MUST
BE FOUND OF BRINGING THE NUMBERS DOWN TO THE LEVELS WHICH WERE NORMAL BETWEEN 1975-1977. (1.E 20-25,000 PER YEAR, REPEAT YEAR,
LEGALS
AND ABOUT 6000 Mom Fu
FOR UNDETECTED ILLEGALS).
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3. WE ARE BECOMING INCREASINGLY CONCERNED ABOUT THE FAILURE
OF LEGAL IMMIGRATION TO DROP AS PROMISED BY THE CHINESE AND
ABOUT THE DISAPPOINTING RESURGENCE OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION.
ALL THE EVIDENCE SUGGESTS THE CHINESE HAVE NO INTENTION OF
BRINGING LEGAL IMMIGRATION BELOW 150 A DAY. AS FOR ILLEGALS
OVER 5,000 WERE ARRESTED IN SEPTEMBER. AT A CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE WE ARE THEREFORE RECEIVING AT A MINIMUM RATE OF 125,800.
A. YEAR. ON TOP OF 230,000 IN THE LAST 21 MONTHS THIS OBVIOUSLY
WILL NOT DO.
CONFIDENTIAL
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