TNAG-0982-FCO40-1201-Immigration-from-China-to-Hong-Kong-1980 — Page 173

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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO.51s at Lowa from 14 to 20

arrivals

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April

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Within this period 802 documents were recorded, covering 1,023 travellers. The great majority were valid for return of the 60 single journey permits recorded in this period, 59 were issued in places in Guangdong province other than Guangzhou; nil was issued in Guangzhou, and 1 in Anhui. Permits wereissued for varying periods of validity(in the case of single journey permits the period refers to the time within which the permit had to be used). 802 :

Of the

44

241

440

(5.5%) 30%) (55%)

were valid for 3 months when issued

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11

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11

1 year

11

"

77

(9.5%)

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more than one year

Within this period 31% of the permits issued in Fujian province were valid for more than 1 year and 44% for one year. All of the permits issued in Guangzhou were valid for one year.

The place of issue of the 802 permits was as follows :

2.

289

(35%)

103 23%) (20%)

205

44 (5.4%)

(16%)

161

places in Guangdong other than Guangzhou Guangzhou

Fujian province

Jiangsu province

20 other provinces

During this period only 11 'pink' permits were issued : these were from Yunnan (10), and Fujian (1).

3.

Most of the permits were issued in the month prior to the travellers' arrival in Hong Kong :

478

(60%)

235

29%)

*

issued in April 1980 "March 1980

39

(5%)

"February 1980

15

(1.8%)

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"January 1980

26

3.1%)

11

"December 1979

9

(1.1%)

=

between July and November 1979

Prepared by Immigration Department Hong Kong

1-5-80

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