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XI Emigration
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49.
Population mobility has long been a feature of
Hong Kong many of the territory's residents migrated from
China and elsewhere and there is a well established
tradition of going overseas for education, training, career
development and permanent settlement.
50.
In late 1987 and early 1988, there were
indications that emigration was rising and that a
significant proportion of those leaving were skilled and professional people. This was naturally a cause for concern and in May 1988 the Hong Kong Government established a task force to obtain the clearest possible
After careful study picture of current emigration trends.
of the available data, it assessed that between 1981 and
In 1987 1986 emigration averaged about 20,000 per year. the level of emigration was about 30,000 and in 1988 it was
about 45,000. Of these, the task force estimated that
about 11,000 belonged to the
professional,
administrative and managerial class.
It was also estimated
that several thousand former Hong Kong residents return to Hong Kong every year, often after having acquired foreign nationality. The net loss of qualified people is therefore somewhat less than might at first appear.
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