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number of CNCC applications lodged with the Police. able to make a fairly firm estimate of the number of vicae

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Immigration Department Statistics of the Hong

Government

33.

The final SOUTCA of information

Kong

i e Immigration

Department statistics on inward and outward movements of Hong Kong people (excluding movements to and from China). Statistics from 1964 to 1989 are at Annex V. When used as

a measure of emigration in a Darticular vear. these need to be treated with caution because :

(a) the data collection system has changed

various times AUST the poor";

(b)

at

the figures only include those travelling On Hong Kong travel documents and exclude Hong Kong

residents using foreign travel documents;

(c)

it is assumed

that

businessmen and

anv one calendar

movements

of studente.

tourists are in balance within

thus the net out flow figure is assumed to be attributable solely to emi oration

vear

(a)

(e)

the single figure for anv one vear combines the effects of new emigration and movements of returned emigrants: and

following the implementation of the Easy Travel Scheme at the Airport in August 1988 ID's figure is по longer comparable to previous figures.

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20 July 1990

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