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FN HONG KONG 040910I JAL 94
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELEGRAM NUMBER 19 OF 4 JANUARY 1964
INFO PRIORITY PEKING
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YOUR TEL NO. 1392. FUTURE OF HONG KONG: NOTES FOR SUPPLEMENTARIES: INTEREST IN RESETTLEMENT
OUR EARLIER REPORT TO THE EFFECT THAT THE NUMBER OF HONG KONG PEOPLE LEAVING FOR PERMANENT RESIDENCE IN THE MAIN COUNTRIES OF RESETTLEMENT HAD NOT SHOWN ANY INCREASE WAS BASED ON COMPARISON OF THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1983 WITH THE THIRD QUARTER OF 1992. HOWEVER FIGURES JUST PUBLISHED HERE INDICATE THAT FOR THE WHOLE OF 1983 THE NUMBER OF IMMIGRANT VISAS ISSUED BY THE AUSTRALIANS
THIS IS PARTLY DUE TO INCREASED TO 3,305 FROM 2,227 IN 1982. RECENT RELAXATIONS OF AUSTRALIAN IMMIGRATION CRITERIA WHICH ENTITLE SIBLINGS OF AUSTRALIAN RESIDENTS TO CLAIN RESIDENCE FOR THEMSELVES AND PARTLY TO THE CLEARING OF A BACKLOG OF APPLIC-
ATIONS.
2. AS THE NEWLY PUBLISHED FIGURES ALSO SHOW SOME SLIGHT INCREASE IN THOS GOING TO CANADA AND THE USA, WE WOULD PREFER THE FOLLOWING REVISED WORDING TO THE NOTE ON INTEREST IN RESETTLEMENT:
QUOTE. THERE HAS BEEN MUCH SPECULATION ON THIS MATTER. ALTHOUGH THE NUMBER OF HONG KONG PEOPLE LEAVING 18 1983 FOR PERMANENT RESIDENCE IN THE MAIN COUNTRIES OF RESETTLEMENT HAS SHOWN SOME INCREASE OVER 1982, THERE ARE MANY EXPLANATIONS FOR THIS. IN SOME CASES IMMIGRATION CRITERIA HAVE BEEN RELAXED. MOREOVER HONG KONG PEOPLE FREQUENTLY LEAVE HONG KONG TO GO ELSEWHERE
UNQUOTE.
YOUDE
FUTURE OF HONG KONG
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COPIES TO:
ETC
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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
13 JAN 1984
REGISTRY
HD/HKD
HD/FED
HD/PLANNING STAFF
HD/PUSD
D/HD/PUSD (MR FLOWER)
RES.D. (MR WALKER)
LEGAL ADVISER (SIR IAN SINCLAIR
PS
PS/LADY YOUNG
PS/MR LUCE
PS/PUS
SIR J BULLARD
MR DONALD
MR WRIGHT
SIR C TICKELL
BUCKINGHAM PALACE
DESK OFFICER
INDEX
PA
Action Taken
Ати
PS/LORD PRESIDENT OF THE COUNCIL
PS/HOME SECRETARY
PS/CHANCELLOR OF THE EXCHEQUER
PS/LORD PRIVY SEAL
PS/SECRETARY FOR TRADE & INDUSTRY
COPIES TO: (VIA ADR)
MR ROBERTS
NEWS D
MR BURROWS LEGAL ADVS
MR COLES NO 10 DOWNING ST
SIR A PARSONS NO 10 DOWNING ST.
MR MARTIN ASSESSMENT STAFF CABINET OFFICE
MR GOODALL CABINET OFFICE
MR BRENNAN CABINET OFFICE PS/S OF S FOR DEFENCE D PS/ATTORNEY GENERAL
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