PART VIII
OTHER POLICE DUTIES
IMMIGRATION
212. The Commissioner of Police is concurrently the Immigration Officer, but for general purposes the Immigration Branch is administered by a Gazetted Officer known as the Deputy Immigration Officer.
213. Total movement of persons in and out of the Colony by rail, sea and air was as follows:
1956/57 3,024,220
1957/58 2,821,379
1958/59 2,938,891
The quota system designed to regulate the entry of persons from China, across the frontier, continued to operate smoothly. During the summer holidays and the Chinese New Year festival, conditions were again relaxed to enable students to enter the Colony for the purpose of visiting their families and relatives. Movement figures as compared with last year were as follows:
Chinese Aliens
Chinese
Aliens
IN
1957/58 570,076
1958/59
294,418
5,090
3,119
OUT
1957/58
1958/59
554,528
299,888
3.840
1,818
214. There is still considerable movement between Hong Kong and Macau by Chinese residents, despite restrictions which came into effect on 25th April, 1958. These required local Chinese residents to be in possession of re-entry permits if they desired to return to the Colony.
215. Organized groups of Chinese continued to pass through the Colony to China but not so many as in previous years. As usual the majority of the transients were from South East Asian countries. Comparative figures for the last three years are as follows:
Number of Ships
Transients
**
1958/59
59 12,908
1956/57 1957/58
58
14,705
31 5,719
萌
A new Immigration (Control and Offences) Ordinance No. 34 of 1958 came into effect by proclamation on 28th November, 1958.
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