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but it is, in the main, an accurate one
although it attributes certain words to
the Minister which he did not in fact use.
́e should wish to be consulted if there
were any question of the record being
used or regarded as an official one.
3. We have the following comments and
suggestions for reply on the points
raised in the memoranda :
(i) Immigration (employment voucher
system)
You will have seen the statement made
by the Minister of Labour in Parliament
on 26 February in the form of a written
reply to a Parliamentary Question on this
subject. The statement sets out the new
arrangements for the allocation of
employment vouchers for Commonwealth
immigrants to this country. Hong Kong
should benefit from the new arrangements
insofar as :-
(a) the new criteria for Category A
vouchers will not apply to the
dependent territories, and
(b) there is to be a separate quota
of 600 employment vouchers per
annum allocated specifically
for applicants from dependent
territories, with the proviso
that as a general rule no one
territory may receive more than
50% of the quota. I reply A
NOTHING TO BE WRITTEN IN THIS MARGIN
These arrangements are not affected in any way
by the Commonwealth Immigrants Act of 1968.
/ A reply
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