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an official one. The Secretary of State
informed the delegation that 'hey would give
careful consideration, in consultation
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Lord Shepherd, to the points raised in the
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and suggestion to reply
them in the usual manner.
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32. The following are our comments on
the points raised in the memoranda:
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(i) Immigration (employment voucher system)
You will have seen
A copy ie enclosed of 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. These arrange
ments are not affected in any
way by the Commonwealth
Immigrants Act of 1968.
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