Chinese illegal immigrants to Hong Kong

Title

Chinese illegal immigrants to Hong Kong

Genre

News report; Interview; Press conference

TX Date

Unknown

Year of production

1979

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Duration

00:02:55

Description

Report on dramatic increase in illegal Chinese immigrants to Hong Kong, reporter joins a repatriation with the Gurkha Field Forces with one of the refugees attempting to escape. Includes press conference with Brigadier Mike Halton(?) Smith; interview with Gurkha soldier. Male reporter not identified.

Contributors

Mike Halton(?) Smith

Keywords

Deportation; Immigrants; China; Statistics; Hong Kong; Colonial countries; Soldiers; Political refugees; Murray MacLehose

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