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EMIGRATION : NEWSPAPER REPORT
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SUMMARY
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MAY REFERS.
THE NEWSPAPER REPORTS, AS REFLECTED IN GIST, WERE CORRECT. A TASK FORCE HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED WITHIN THE SECRETARIAT TO CONSIDER HOW TO IMPROVE OUR KNOWLEDGE OF EMIGRATION MATTERS.
BACKGROUND
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FOR SOME TIME OUR BASIC LINE ON EMIGRATION HAS BEEN THAT:
(A) IT IS NOT A NEW THING FOR HONG KONG:
(B) BECAUSE WE ARE A FREE SOCIETY, THERE ARE NO TOTALY RELIABLE
STATISTICS:
(C) PEOPLE EMIGRATE FOR A VARIETY OF REASONS:
(D) AVAILABILITY OF IMMIGRATION PLACES IS A MAJOR DETERMINANT OF OVERALL NUMBERS DEPARTING: AND
(E) MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE OBTAINED THE INSURANCE POLICY OF A FOREIGN PASSPORT RETURN.
3. THE BASIC LINE IS SOUND BUT HAS THE DISADVANTAGE OF WEARING THIN
THERE HAS AFTER REPEATED USE, AND OF APPEARING TO BE COMPLACENT. BEEN CONSIDERABLE INTEREST IN THE SUBJECT RECENTLY AND A NUMBER OF SURVEYS HAVE BEEN CONDUCTED BY VARIOUS PRIVATE SECTOR ORGANISATIONS INCLUDING ONE BY THE INSTITUTE OF PERSONNEL MANAGEMENT WHICH GAINED CONSIDERABLE PUBLICITY. MOREOVER, SUCH FIGURES AS ARE AVAILABLE SUGGEST EMIGRATION DID RISE IN 1987 AND THAT AN INCREASING NUMBER ARE FROM THE PROFESSIONAL/MIDDLE MANAGEMENT GROUP.
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FOR SOME TIME WE HAVE BEEN WORKING ON A MORE COMPREHENSIVE
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