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To Australia

APPLICATIONS(CASES)

increase

83/84

2621

VISA ISSUED (PERSONS)

3843

increa

84/85

2110

-19.5%

85/86

3755 (including 309 BMP)

78%

86/87

6280 (including 710 BMP)

67.2%

3997 (including 96 BMP) *

4460 (including 479 BMP)

5200 (including 1071 BMP)

4%

11.6%

16.6%

* BMP is the abbreviation of Business Migration Programme.

Source: from Sue Baldwin, Deputy Consul General, Australian Consulate General in Hong Kong