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WARDEN SAID THAT SPEAKING PERSONALLY HE THOUGHT THE FIGURE OF 4,200 SHOULD BE SEEN AS A BASIC TARGET: EXPERIENCE INDICATED THAT THE OFFTAKE WOULD IN PRACTICE PROBABLY BE HIGHER, AFTER ALLOWING FOR SUCH FACTORS AS FAMILY REUNION. HE THOUGHT THAT MALAYSIA WOULD GET ABOUT THE SAME NUMBER OF PLACES AS DID HONG KONG, ! ASKED HIM TO BEAR IN MIND THE STRONG IMBALANCE IN THE OFFTAKE SO FAR BETWEEN THE TWO, AND THE FACT THAT WE HAD ALSO ABSORBED 200,000 CHINESE IMMIGRANTS OVER THE PAST 18 MONTHS. WARDEN SAID THAT IF THE MALAYSIANS DID GET DOWN TO THEIR ESTIMATED 25,200, HE THOUGHT THAT PLACES FOR HONG KONG WOULD PROBABLY BE INCREASED.

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