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the Hong Kong Legislative Council on 10 October 1990, in
which he advocated stepping up working level contacts and
exchange visits. A copy of the Governor's address is
available in the library of the House.
11. During 1990 more than 100 government delegations from Hong Kong visited China. A large number of delegations from
China also went to Hong Kong, many of which had contacts
with the Hong Kong Government on subjects ranging from
liaison between police and customs authorities, to
negotiations on water supplies and exchanges on labour and
social welfare matters. In November the Financial Secretary
visited Shanghai at the invitation of the Mayor,
Mr Zhu Rongji, who himself had visited Hong Kong in June.
In December the Chief Secretary visited the neighbouring
province of Guangdong and the autonomous region of Guangxi.
In the opposite direction the Chinese Minister for Energy
Resources, Mr Huang Yicheng, visited Hong Kong in December.
12. The Hong Kong Government are actively seeking to
encourage more senior Chinese officials to visit Hong Kong,
in parallel with the further development of working level
visits and exchanges. The visit to Hong Kong in November,
as guests of the Hong Kong Government, by a group of
officials from the Hong Kong and Macau Affairs Office of the
State Council was a good example. There are plans for a series of visits to China by various groups of Hong Kong Government officials to familiarise them with the way in
which China operates.
IV. EMIGRATION AND NATIONALITY
13.
Emigration from Hong Kong reached a record high in
1990, with an estimated outflow of some 62,000 people compared to 42,000 in 1989. The level of emigration is not expected to decline in the immediate future.
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