TNAG-1088-FCO40-1338-Illegal-immigration-from-China-to-Hong-Kong-1981 — Page 24

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LEGAL IMMIGRANTS

1) The numbers of legal China immigrants from 1971 to 1980 are

Year 1971 1972 1973 1974

1975 1976

Number 252720355 55659 32918 23784 18109

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2035555659 | | 23784|18109

1977 1978 1979 1980

24553 50999 69257 55473.

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2) Detail breakdown according to age, sex, occupation, education and place of origin prior to 1975 are not available.

3) The breakdown for 1980 is only available up to 3rd quarter of the year (4th quarter statistics are not yet published),