People-to-People Contacts
♦ Over 600,000 Americans visited Hong Kong last year. They spent over $600 million
while there nearly $300 per day.
Over 115,000 people from Hong Kong visisted the U.S. last year. This was a 9 percent increase over the previous year. A 15 percent increase is projected for this year.
12,000 students from Hong Kong attend universities in the U.S. They spend approximately $200 million a year on tuition and other fees.
◆ The 17,700 Americans who reside in Hong Kong are the colony's largest group of
foreign professionals, even larger than the British.
Eleven U.S. states -California, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, Rhode Island, Ohio, and Wisconsin-have offices in Hong Kong to increase U.S. exports and to expand business and investment ties.
Action on Hong Kong
House of Representatives
H.Con.Res. 79 by John Porter, the Illinois Republican.
Concurrent resolution in support of human rights and democracy in Hong Kong. Introduced: March 20, 1989
H.R. 2675 by John Porter.
A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to provide special immigrant
status for certain aliens who are nationals of Hong Kong.
Introduced: June 15, 1989
H.R. 2726 by Norman Mineta, the California Democrat.
A bill to treat Hong Kong as a separate foreign state for purposes of applying
numerical limitations on immigration.
Introduced: June 22, 1989
H.R. 3128 by Robert Torricelli, the New Jersey Democrat.
A bill to modify certain L-1 visa requirements for certain Hong Kong employees of
qualified United States companies.
Introduced: August 3, 1989
H.Con.Res. 187 by Tom Campbell, the California Republican.
Concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress that the people of Hong
Kong should be accorded the right of self-determination. Introduced: August 4, 1989
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