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Annex II is a summary of the Dercentage distribution of the education. occupation and age profiles of emigrants broken down by major destination countries (Canadian, Australian and USA). Changes in the % distribution of the profiles may be a reflection of the prevailing immigration policy of a country at that time.
much
and
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For example, because US immigration is geared to family, and not targetted at skills, the education occupation profiles as
a whole. are disproportionate than those of Canada and Australia the other hand, the age profile of US emigrants is closer to the Hong Kong population distribution.
10.
less
On
auch
similar
Following the re-opening of the "independent" category by Canada and the introduction of a category by Australia in 1985, a higher % of emigrants with degree level
and
employed
in
professional/administrative field was observed in 1987.
the
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It is
is clear however that over the past three years, there has been a steady rise
rise in the percentage of professional, technical, administrative and managerial workers in the emigrants' profile. from less than 10% in the seventies to about 15% in 1986, and reaching about a quarter in the latest estimate. This phenomenal rise was achieved despite the large increases in the number of emigrants Over the same population as a whole,
a whole, people in this categorv only about 5.7 per cent.
12.
period
absolute For the
constitute
About 15 per cent of
of our emigrants during the past two years have completed tertiary education though such people
people only comprise 3.7 per cent of the loca! population. The age profile of emigrants as
as compared to the population as a whole shows disproportionately more in the age group of 25 to 44. There are particularly few emigrants in the age group of 65 and above.
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