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INFO ROUTINE PEKING, HONG KONG, WASHINGTON, WELLINGTON
MY TELNO 528 : CHINA/HONG KONG
1. IN AN INTERVIEW WITH THE AUSTRALIAN' NEWSPAPER, THE AUSTRALIAN PRIME MINISTER (HAWKE) SAID THAT THERE WAS ALREADY EVIDENCE OF A SIGNIFICANT INCREASE IN ENQUIRIES FROM HONG KONG CITIZENS WISHING TO EMIGRATE TO AUSTRALIA AS A RESULT OF EVENTS
IN CHINA.
2. HOWEVER, HAWKE WENT ON TO SAY THAT HE DID NOT ENVISAGE MAJOR CHANGES IN AUSTRALIA'S IMMIGRATION POLICY. ''OUR IMMIGRATION INTAKE LEVEL HAS BEEN WORKED OUT IN TERMS BROADLY OF OUR ECONOMIC CAPACITY TO ABSORB. THERE IS A SPECIAL HUMANITARIAN PROGRAMME. ARGUABLY THAT COULD BE MARGINALLY INCREASED BUT WE ARE NOT LOOKING AT MASSIVE CHANGES
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