The main feature of the control is that a person who wishes to come and work here must have a Kinistry of Labour voucher before Cobbing cut, and the pressure of demand for vouchers has meant that people whose applications are successful have to wait a long
A person who time before their turn for a voucher comes round, has obtained a voucher may bring with him his wife and his children of up to the age of 18, and possibly somewhat older if they are still dependent. But this does not mean that all other classes
for example, people whose fathers of people are barrod from entry: ware bora horo are exempt fron the control, people who are elderly and those children can look after them, and people who have enough money to be regarded as of independent means, are freely admitted;
there is a range of cases admitted for mainly compassionate
Reasons.
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Mr. Jackson-Lipkin suggesto in his letter of 13th November that citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies from territories which are still dependent should be treated differently from
From the outset, citizens of independent Commonwealth countries. Hoover, the control has applied to all Commonwealth citizens who belong" to some territowy outside the United Kingdom and this Acludes people who hold the citizenship of the United Kingdon and Colonies by reason of their connection with a colony (rather than
I am afraid the social and economic with the United Kingdom). Reasons which have made it necessary to regulate inmigration from Andopendent Commonwealth countries apply equally to the populationa of our colonies, whose unrestricted arrival here could pose vory In this connection, I do not follow difficult problems for us. the comment » (c) of the penultimate paragraph of Mr. Jackson- Hipkin's letter that vory Bow of the citizens of Hong Kong would be British subjects". In fact, something like half the present Hong Kong population of 5.8n. are British subjects,
I fully understand what Mr. Jackson-Lipkin says about the anxiety felt by people in Hong Kong about what would happen in the
But the fact is cvent of an invasion from the Chinese mainland. that during the troubled period of the past seven months, the Chinese Government have at no time demanded the return of Hong Kong to China and we have no reason to suppose that they have any
The Foreign Secretary and intention of invading the Colony. Commonwealth Secretary have said publicly on more than one occasion that Her Majesty's Government intend to fulfil their responsibilities towards the people of Hong Kong and to give their full backing to the Hong Kong authorities in any measures necessary to restore the situation so that the people who live there may go about their There is no reason to believe that normal pursuits in ponco.
these efforts will not be successful.
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