4. OUR REGIONAL FIGURE OF 68,702 IN 1980 DIFFERS FROM THE UNHCR FIGURE OF 75,832 BECAUSE:
1) SOME COUNTRIES ARE INCLUDED IN THE UNHCR'S FIGURE BUT NOT
CURS (BRUNEI, CHINA, JAPAN AND KOREA)
11) THERE ARE SLIGHT DIFFERENCES IN THE ARRIVAL FIGURES SUBMITTED BY INDIVIDUAL COUNTRIES. (OURS ARE BASED ON REPORTS RECEIVED FROM HM POSTS IN ASEAN COUNTRIES).
111) IN THE CASE OF HONG KONG, OUR 1980 TOTAL ARRIVAL FIGURE
(EXCLUDES) EX CHINA CASES, BUT UNHCR'S DOES NOT.
EXCLUDES
HK REGIONAL FIGURE
FOR 1980
UNHCR'S FIGURE
FOR 1980
BRUNEI
CHINA
29
220
INDONESIA
HONG KONG
6,788
6,796
11,170
6,821
JAPAN
1,278
KOREA
20
MACAO
2,261
2,278
MALAYSIA
18,263
18,263
PHILIPPINES
4,962
4,932
SINGAPORE
9,279
9,280
THAILAND
26,253
21,549
TOTAL
68,702
75,832
5. THE DISCREPANCY BETWEEN OUR 1981 ARRIVAL FIGURE FOR HONG KONG CF 8,072 AND UNHCR'S OF 7,061 AROSE BECAUSE, UNACCOUNTABLY, UNHCR NETTED-CUT SHIP RESCUS CASES FOR SOME MONTHS, BUT NOT OTHERS.
CC RRECTED BY THE SHIP-RESCUE FIGURES IN BRACKETS, THE TOTALS
AGREE.
HK ARRIVAL FIGURES
IN 1981
IN 1981
UNHCR'S FIGURES (SHIP CASES
CMITTED)
JANUARY
276
216
(60)
FEBRUARY
176
176
MARCH
779
779
APRIL
1,051
798
(253)
MAY
1,235
650
(585)
JUNE
968
812
(156)
JULY
1,436
1,436
AUGUST
1,223
1,266
(32)
SEPTEMBER
OCTOBER
TOTAL
508
420
8,272
508
420
7,061
C. UNHCR WILL REVISE THEIR MONTHLY FIGURES INTO LINE WITH OURS IN THEIR NEXT STATISTICAL RETURN TO GENEVA. WE SHALL ALSO SCRRUTINISE
OLF OWN TABLES, AND MAKE CLEARER IN FUTURE WHAT THEY DO AND DO NOT INCLUDE.
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