TNAG-1088-FCO40-1338-Illegal-immigration-from-China-to-Hong-Kong-1981 — Page 134

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Ref.: IMM/SEC 279 IV

Analysis of arrivals at Lowu from 5 to 11 January 1981 of travellers holding travel documents issued in the People's Republic of China

Within this period 798 documents were recorded, covering 973 travellers. The great majority were valid for return of the 105 single journey permits recorded in this period, 1 was issued in Guangzhou; 94 were issued in places in Guangdong Province other than Guangzhou; 1 in Fujian; 1 in Jiangsu; 2 in Anhui; 1 in Zhejiang and 5 in Hebei. 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 798 :-

63

(8%)

183

(23%)

552

(69%)

were valid for 3 months when issued were valid for 6 months when issued were valid for 1 year when issued

no permit was valid for more than one year

Within this period no permit issued in Fujian province was valid for more than 1 year and 80% for one year. 97% of the permits issued in Guangzhou

were valid for one year.

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The place of issue of the 798 permits was as follows :-

283

(35.5%)

170

(21.3%)

216

(27.0%)

43

(5.4%)

86

(10.8%)

places in Guangdong other than Guangzhou Guangzhou

Fujian Province

Jiangsu province

15 other provinces

During this period no 'pink' permit was issued.

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

275

(34.5%)

issued in January 1981

439

(55%)

issued in December 1980

64

(8%)

issued in November 1980

20

(2.5%)

issued from June to October 1980

Prepared by

Immigration Department

Hong Kong

Date: 20 January 1981