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number of immigrant visas issued rose by 23% during the same period as a result of relaxation of the selection criteria.

Despite the drop in applications, emigration to Australia is

expected to remain at the current level for the next two to three years, owing to a backlog of applications to be

processed.

Hong Kong Department

8 October

1992

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