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CONFIDENTIAL #Z

Legal/Illegal Immigrants from China

(All total are in round figures)

Legals

Illegals

Estimated Total

Date of

Entry

Total (*)

(1)

Daily

Arrested

Average

(2)

Daily Average

Estimated No. of

Evaders (***)

(3)

New Entrants

(1) + (3)

1972

20000

60

5700

16

1973

56000

150

6100

17

1974

33000

90

7100

20

1975

26000

70

1200

3

6660

32660

1976

20000

60

830

2

6100

26100

1977

25000

70

1820

5

6600

31600

1978

67190

190

8210

23

28100

95290

1979

70500

193

89940

246

107700

178200

1980

55500

152

82130

225

63980

119480

1981

54240

149

5720

21

3110

57350

1982

53870

148

8680

23

2710

56580

1983

26670

73

4670

13

-170

26500

1984

27700

76

9660

26

2700

30400

1985

27190

75

12590

34

4147

31337

1986

27060

74

16832

46

6391

33451

1987

27173

74

21847

60

9128

36301

1988

28047

77

13272

36

-4031

24016

1989

27219

75

5012

14

-574

26645

1990

Jan

2399

77

376

12

-44

2355

Feb

2137

76

545

19

+63

2200

Mar

2403

78

747

24

+33

2436

Apr

2341

78

598

20

+30

2371

May

2537

82

927

30

+150

2687

Jun

2650

88

1053

35

-14

2636

Jul

2320

75

1212

39

+108

2434.

Aug

2109

68

760

25

-6

2103

Sep

1993

66

926

31

-28

1955

Oct

2203

71

645

21

+38

2241

Nov

Dec

2303 2575

005

83

1167

33 38

441

2344

-165

2138

* Figures for 1972-1976 include PRC passport holders with onward visas.

Figures from 1977 exclude PRC passport holder with onward visas. Figures from 23 December 1982 exclude double journey permit holders.

** A new formula to estimate the no. of underground evaders agreed upon by the Census & Statistics Department,

Secretary for Security, Police & Immigration Department has been taken effect from December 1988.

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Appendix B

CONFIDENTIAL #2

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