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STATISTICS ON LEGAL AND ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS

FROM CHINA

Legal Immigrants from China

(a) Total

26,907

(b)

Age by Sex

Age

Male

A

January June 1980

Female

Total

!

0 - 14

3,509

(13.04)

2,960

(11.00)

6,469

(24.04)

15

-

24

2,597

(.9.65)

2,286

( 8.50)

4,883

(18.15)

25

34

2,659

( 9.88)

2,692

(10.01)

5,351 (19.89)

35

44

2,507

(9.32)

2,363 ( 8.78)

4,870

(18.10)

+

45

54

1,358 ( 5.05)

55 +

757

(2.81)

1,369 ( 5.09)

1,825

2,727

(10.14)

Unknown

14

( 0.05)

11

( 6.78)

( 0.04)

2,582

( 9.59)

25 (0.09)

Tota 1 13,401

(49.80)

13,506 (50.20)

26,907 (100.00)

(c)

Month of Entry

January 1980

February 1980

March

1980

April

1980

May

1980

June

1980

4,602

(17.10)

4,485 (16.66)

4,488 (16.68)

4,589 (17.06)

4,428 (16.46)

4,315 (16.04)

(a) Having parents/no next-of-kin in Hong Kong by marital status

With Parents

in Hong Kong

With no Next-of-kin

in Hong Kong

9/

Married

4,127 (15.34)

4,026

(14.96)

Never married

Unknown

7,299

(27.13)

5,198

(19.32)

7 (0.02)

3 (0.01)

Source :

Statistics on Immigration from China, first and second Quarters 1980 Census and Statistics Department.

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