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SALAHM

I.

EMIGRATION FROM HONG KONG

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Need to face up to the problem

Clearly we must face up squarely to the problem. That is why we welcome the establishment by the Hong Kong Government of a special

task force to study the extent of the problem. At the same time I

do not believe that the present levels of emigration are a cause for

alarm.

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