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TELEGRAM NUMBER 1122 OF 7 OCTOBER
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INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON
FOR HOARE, HKGD
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YOUR TELELETTER OF 27 SEPTEMBER REFERS.
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NTPB
14/10 A614/10
THE ESTIMATED NUMBER OF BCS WHO WILL BE LIVING IN HONG KONG
AT 1 JANUARY 1983 IS 19,000.
2. THE CURRENT NUMBER OF CUKCS IS 2,988,000.
3. THE ESTIMATED NUMBER OF BDTCS AT 1 JANUARY 1983 IS 2,969,000. THIS UPDATED FIGURE HAS BEEN ASSESSED BY CENSUS AND STATISTICS AND IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENTS. A FIGURE OF 2.6 MILLION WAS USED IN THE JULY 1980 WHITE PAPER ALTHOUGH IT WAS BEING QUOTED BY US AS LONG AGO AS 1976.
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