-22immigrants are admitted each year. The Task Force Report suggested that some 168,000 persons were in the queue waiting for a OWP.55 The Government has been content to maintain that rate of inflow. In a press release issued upon publication of the Task Force Report on 26 March 2003, the then Chief Secretary stated: “We respect the right of family reunion and the Right of Abode conferred by the Basic Law, and we have concluded that the present daily allocation of 60 within the 150 quota for children with right of abode in Hong Kong is appropriate. ... For the time being, the total daily quota of 150 will remain unchanged. The SAR Government will liaise closely with the Mainland authorities with regard to the numbers and the allocation among the categories. If there is evidence that the demand falls, we will discuss with the Mainland authorities to reduce the quota.” 58. Most new arrivals entering under the OWP scheme are children with the right of abode in Hong Kong and Mainland spouses coming to join spouses already resident here.56 About half of the children tend to be under 18. So in 1996, 48% were aged 19 or below;57 and in 2002/03, 51.6% were 18 or below.58 The adult OWP holders are usually wives of Hong Kong residents. Thus, in 2001, 65% of all OWP holders entering Hong Kong were females, mostly housewives.59 59. It is the Government’s policy to facilitate the integration of new arrivals in the community and the Task Force Report points out that: “...there are few significant differences in university attendance between native-born children and the Mainlanders who came to Hong Kong before the age of nine. It is only among the ‘older’ Mainland children who arrived in Hong Kong after the age of nine that significant differences in university attendance exist. This suggests that the 54 It had been 75 in 1982, 105 in 1993 and became 150 in 1995. 55 Task Force Report, Summary of Recommendations, §8. 56 Ibid, §9. 57 Task Force Report, §2.21 58 LC Paper No CB(2)1401/03-03(03), §24. 59 Ibid.