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(e) Shenzhen was anxious to solve this problem

because of the strain on facilities and

services (e.g., primary school classes of

60).

The

the actual

planned population was 800,000 but

population exceeded 2 million (of

whom only one third had "permanent resident

status").

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6.

Both privately and at the seminar, OPM officials

showed great interest in HKG's approach, seeking information

in considerable detail about:

(a) The Identity Card system;

(b) The

(c)

operational procedures and legal powers of

the

RHKPF,

Department;

Immigration

Department and Labour

The importation of labour schemes; and

(a) Penalties incurred by firms employing illegal

immigrants

(which OPM officials thought could

be used as an effective deterrent).

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Central Policy Unit 25th February 1992 CPU L/M A/15/92C

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