The graph below shows four countries of residence of overseas students in Australia. Summarize the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. Write at least 150 words.

The line graph displays the

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of

students

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from Indonesia, Hong Kong, Malaysia, and

Singapore

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who stayed in Australia for study purposes from 1982 to 2000.

Overall

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, it can be seen that the

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of overseas

students

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increased over the time

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. At the beginning of the

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,

while

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Malaysia had around 5000

students

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staying in Australia, the others had none. Despite a steady upward trend during the entire 18-year

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, Malaysia finished at the lowest rate of all the countries. Hong Kong and

Singapore

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started their increase both around the year 1987. Unlike

Singapore

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, whose

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of overseas

students

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had a slow and steady gain from there, Hong Kong's

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of

students

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in Australia spiked to 5000

students

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in a single year. Apart from an increase in 1889, it remained constant from 1888 to 1895, when it started a fluctuation until it rose to almost 20000 in 2000. 

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, Indonesia's

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had a similar pattern to

Singapore

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. It started with a steady growth in 1984, followed by a notable rise from 1994 to 1997 and ended up with almost 25000

students

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after a 3-year

period

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of fluctuation.