TNAG-1088-FCO40-1338-Illegal-immigration-from-China-to-Hong-Kong-1981 — Page 121

Ref.: IMM/SEC 279 IV

Analysis of arrivals at Lowu from 12 to 18 January 1981 of travellers holding travel documents issued in the People's Republic of China

Within this period 750 documents were recorded, covering 918 travellers. The great majority were valid for return of the 89 single journey permits recorded in this period, 9 were issued in Guangzhou; 75 were issued in places in Guangdong Province other than Guangzhou and 5 in Guizhou. Permits were issued 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). Of the 750 :-

106

132

(14.1%) (17.6%)

were valid for 3 months when issued were valid for 6 months when issued

505

(67.3%)

were valid for 1 year when issued

?

(0.9%)

were valid for more than 1 year when issued

Within this period no permit issued in Fujian Province was valid for more than 1 year and 93% were for one year. 99% of the permits issued in Guangzhou were valid for one year.

2.

The place of issue of the 750 permits was as follows

250

(33.3%)

113

(15.1%)

183

(24.4%)

45 159

( 6.0%)

(21.2%)

places in Guangdong other than Guangzhou Guangzhou

Fujian Province

Jiangsu Province 16 other provinces

During this period no 'pink' permit was issued.

3.

Most of the permits were issued in the last two months prior to the travellers' arrival in Hong Kong :-

418

(55.7%)

issued in January 1981

302

(40.3%)

issued in December 1980

24

(3.2%)

issued in November 1980

6

(0.8%)

issued in September and October 1980

Prepared by

Immigration Department

Hong Kong

Date: 29 January 1981