TNAG-1734-FCO40-2447-Minutes-and-Hansards-of-the-Legislative-Council-of-Hong-Kong-1988 — Page 202

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A separate category of entrant

is, however, those who arrive legally from

China for residence purposes by means of

Chinese One-way Exit Permits issued by

By agreement

the Chinese authorities.

with the latter these are restricted to

75 permits per day, amounting to about

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27,000 persons per year as a permanent

addition to Hong Kong's population.

Since 1979, 220,000 Chinese permit

holders have entered Hong Kong.

They are,

of course, free to take up employment

after arrival, and I have no doubt that

many of them have in fact entered the

local labour market.

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