TNAG-0981-FCO40-1200-Immigration-from-China-to-Hong-Kong-1980 — Page 132

PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION

21 January 1980

for WRITTEN answer on..

HK&G D

The draft reply should reach the Parliamentary

Office through your 14 Under-Secretary by

NOON ON TUESDAY

22 JANUARY 1988

La Mr Ted Rowlands (Merthyr Tydfil): To ask the lord Privy Seal how many legal and estimated illegal immigrants entered Hong Kong from mainland China in each week during the three months preceeding the visit of Chairman Hua; and what has been the weekly rate since his visit.

In Richard Luce

Premier

The information requested is as follows (Chairman Hua visited the

United Kingdom between the 28th of October and the 3rd of November

1979):

Legal Immigrants

Estimated Illegal

Immigrants

1979

31 July - 6 August

1127

710

713 August

1395

630

-

14 20 August

1230

970

-

21 27 August

1220

1120

28 August - 3 September

1210

2710

4

10 September

1092

880

11

17 September

1256

1910

-

18 24 September

1177

1310

25 September - 1 October

1077

1740

2 - 8 October

1120

1640

915 October

1025

1740

16 22 October

1151

2500

23 29 October

1058

3370

30 October 5 November

1004

2520

6

12 November

1043

1730

-

13 19 November

1042

2050

20 26 November

1151

2700

27 November - 3 December

1111

3060

-

1980

-

11 17 December

-

18 24 December 25 31 December

17 January

8

4 10 December

1127

3510

1104

3330

1121

2990

1089

2880

1071

570

14 January

1053

760

15

-

21 January

1018

850

Ruik Muce

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