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Nor do they include refugees transitting Hong Kong. Although

Mr Lewis might find such figures helpful in the context of the

first part of his question, it would be quite wrong to describe

such persons, however loosely, as "Hong Kong citizens". We have

made this clear in the reply.

12 December 1979

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R D Clift

Hong Kong and General Department