TNAG-1821-FCO40-2584-Emigration-from-Hong-Kong-1988 — Page 141

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Of course, there are also losses as graduates are among

those who emigrate, and gains when some of them return

ofter obtaining a foreign passport. Taking all these

factors into account, and after making a series of heroic

assumptions on such matters as the proportion of those

going overseas to study who successfully graduate, what

proportion of them return to Hong Kong, what proportion of

emigrants, and returned emigrants, are graduates, our best

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Chul I 1007, VUI vmmunity achieved

In the number of graduates of the order of 3,000.

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On the surface, that figure may seen

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Out there is no room for complacency. A

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fresh graduate gained does not equate immediately with an

experienced mom lost. And I would be the first to admit

that our information on the situation is at best patchy,

and less than totally reliable. The reason long. Kong

Government does not have comprehensive figures is because

of the complete freedom of movement enjoyed by llong Kong

citizens and the mobility of the population. We need no

permission to travel; no approval to go to this or that

place; no need to account to anyone for our movements.

The success of a Hong Kong person's desire to emigrate is

predicated only on his ability to obtain approval from the

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destination country. He needs no permission from us.

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