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CONFIDENTIAL

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CONFIDENTIAL

FM HONG KONG 191820Z FEBRUARY 82

TO IMMEDIATE F C O

TELEGRAM NUMBER 163 OF 19 FEBRUARY

INFO ROUTINE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON

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No

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1. DRAFT ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS ARE AS FOLLOWS:

1. BECAUSE THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN SOME PAPERS IN THE

FILE IS CLASSIFIED CONFIDENTIAL

2. THIS INFORMATION IS NOT READILY AVAILABLE.

2. AGREED AS DRAFTED.

YES.

5. THE CONFIDENTIAL CIRCULAR WAS ISSUED ONLY FOR THE

INFORMATION OF HEADS OF DEPARTMENTS AND WAS NOT RELEASED TO

THE PRESS. ENQUIRIES INTO THE UNAUTHORISED DISCLOSURE OF

THE CIRCULAR ARE NOW IN PROGRESS.

6. WE EXPECT THE RECOMMENDATIONS LATER THIS YEAR. THE

COMMISSION IS NOT BOUND BY THE POLICY IN THE CIRCULAR BUT

WILL MAKE WHATEVER RECOMMENDATIONS IT CONSIDERS RIGHT.

7. NO.

8. THIS INFORMATION IS NOT READILY AVAILABLE.

9. APPROXIMATELY ONE POINT SEVEN THREE MILLION.

10. AS AT 31 DECEMBER 1981, 413,911 OF WHOM APPROXIMATELY 360,000 ARE CHINESE IMMIGRANTS. A CLASSIFICATION BY AGE

AND SEX IS NOT READILY AVAILABLE.

11. HONG KONG RESIDENTS MAY PETITION THE SECRETARY OF STATE AND HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN. ALL SUCH COMMUNICATIONS SHOULD BE TRANSMITTED THROUGH THE GOVERNOR.

2. BACKGROUND MATERIAL:

4. THE PROCEDURES ARE BASED LARGELY ON HMG'S CURRENT PRACTICES.

9. OTHER THAN ABOUT 20,000 ALL OF THE 1.73 MILLION ARE

CHINESE.

see

CONFIDENTIAL

10. FURTHER

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