TNAG-1088-FCO40-1338-Illegal-immigration-from-China-to-Hong-Kong-1981 — Page 25

FCO40 Hong Kong Department Records 聯邦事務部香港部檔案 All

Cable Spekuloznaye anai Tačin nadama, VA Maternal Plane – Hyang 116–1

Ref.: IMM/SEC 279 IV

Analysis of arrivals at

HKIR 341/1 SA

HMOTY J. 51

from 2-3-81 - 8-3-81 travellers holding travel documents issued in the People

Republic of China INDEX.

3 1 MAR 1981

OFICER

STRY

PA

(Acton Taken

P6031/3

38

Within this period 681 documents were recorded, covering 905 traveller The majority (53%) were valid for return of the 319 single journey permits recorded in this period, 6 were issued in Guangzhou; 167 were issued in places i Guangdong Province other than Guangzhou; 69 in Fujian, 26 in Jiangsu; 3 in Anhui 3 in Yunan; 19 in Zhejiang; 12 in Guangxi; 3 in Hebei; 1 in Henan; 1 in Sichuan; 5 in Heubei; 1 in Xinjiang and 3 in Guizhou. Permits were issued for varying period of validity (in the case of single journey permits the period refers to t time within which the permit had to be used). Of the 681 :

68

275

338

NIL

(10%) (40.4%)

(49.6%) (

0%)

were valid for 3 months when issued were valid for 6 months when issued were valid for 1 year when issued 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 107 permits (80%) were for one year. 12 permits (9%) issued in Guangzi were valid for one year, and 121 permits (91%) were valid for 6 months.

The place of issue of the 681 permits was as follows :-

2.

238

(356)

133

(19.5%)

134

(19.76)

50 126

( 7.36) (18.5%)

places in Guangdong other than Guangzhou Guangzhou

Fujian Province

Jiangsu Province

15 other Provinces

During the period no pink' permit was issued.

3.

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

202

(29.7%)

issued in March 1981

351

(51.5%)

issued in February 1981

100

(14.7%)

issued in January 1981

24

(3.5%)

issued in December 1980

4

(0.6%)

issued between August to November 1980

Frepared by

Immigration Department

Hong Kong

Date: 23 March 1981

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