According to statistics of the Royal Hong Kong Police Force, nearly 40,000 people applied for "references of good character" last year, 99 percent of them for purposes of emigration.
據香港警察署的統計指出，去年香港申請「良民證」的人數將近四萬人，較前年多一萬五千宗，而申請良民證中百分之九十九是作移民用的。