TNAG-0891-FCO40-1101-Refugees-from-Vietnam-in-Hong-Kong-Vietnamese-boat-people-1979 — Page 36

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OVERALL ETHNIC VIETNAMESE ARRIVALS (NORTH AND SOUTH)

OF 28% COMPARED WITH 18% IN MAY AND 8% IN APRIL.

5. AT PRESENT ABOUT 1,800 VIETNAMESE REFUGEES HAVE JOBS, ROUGHLY

60% OF THE ADULT POPULATION OF THE SHAMSHUIPO AND JUBILEE BUILDINGS CAMPS. RASANAYAGAM HAS TRIED TO INTRODUCE A SCHEME TO WITHDRAW

FOOD ALLOWANCES FROM REFUGEES WHO WORK BUT THIS HAS SO FAR FAILED.

IMMIGRATION FROM CHINA.

6. LATEST FIGURES AT 240900Z:

LEGAL ARRIVALS JAN-24 JUNE: 39,756.

DAILY AVERAGE 18-24 JUNE: 168.

ILLEGALS REPATRIATED JAN-24 JUNE: 45,403.

DAILY AVERAGE 18-24 JUNE: 246.

7. OUR LATEST CALCULATIONS OF THE EVASION RATIO SHOW THAT THIS

WAS PROBABLY DOWN TO 1 : 1 IN MAY. A PRELIMINARY ESTIMATE BASED ON REVISED EVASION RATIOS FOR EACH MONTH THIS YEAR GIVES A TOTAL INCREASE IN HONG KONG'S POPULATION FROM LEGALS AND EVADERS TO 24 JUNE OF ABOUT 110,000.

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