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(c) Shenzhen had to bear the costs

created by

handling

the

Hong Kong.

illegal immigrants

THE ILLEGAL THREAT

returned by

5.

OPM officials described Shenzhen's difficulties in

controlling population movement:

(a) In theory, the municipality had the right to

restrict the importation of labour, subject to

negotiations with the Guangdong

Provincial

Government;

(b)

In practice,

an estimated 20% of the imported

labour was not subject to any controls;

(c)

A basic problem was the way in which various

Guangdong provincial public security organs

were free to authorise entry into Shenzhen; in

addition,

(a)

The municipality found it difficult to remove

who found their own employment

"overstayers"

and

"illegals"

nevertheless,

who lived with residents;

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