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refugee population to the end of the But 8,039 remained to be resettled. Pulzi
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Government оп the costs of
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the British Garrison stationed in Hong
the contribution which Hong Kong should pay towards its
in March which will expire the present Agreement, 1988, Hong Kong meets 75% (presently some. HK$1500 million per annum)
of the costs of the
Costs Agreement
required from April 1988 and preparations for the negotiations,
Kong,
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The number of illegal immigrants
Kong continued to increase during 1986. averaged 1402 per month compared with 1,051 number of illegal immigrants evading apprehended later within Hong Kong remained steady, at average of
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these statistics suggest that security along
the land border and in coastal waters i s proving generally
effective, a cause of particular was a resurgence in the trafficking of child illegal immigrants to join parents already in Hong Kong. The number of illegal immigrant
children reported to the
Immigration Department Kong
regularisation of stay jumped from an average of 20 per month,
in November. The methods used to
risk.
before August 1986,
Hong
in the concern
latter part of 1986
for
to
200 over
smuggle children
into
The
Hong Kong
Government
closely
and
consultations
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is therefore monitoring
with the Chinese authorities
at
the
situation
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