4000091 P.R.H. 7
Mr St 11° Mure
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT
NFORMATION SERVICES
DAILY INFORMATION
BULLETIN
loyd
11° Bailey (1,271).
Pl. extract, IX
Ans
Friday, August 8, 1969.
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IMMIGRATION (CON ROL AND OFFENCES) (AMENDMENT) BILL 1969
Preparation for the control of Commonwealth immigration moved a
stage forward today with publication in the Gazette of the Immigration
(Control and Offences) (Amendment) Bill 1969.
The Bill will enable the Director of Immigration to extend to
Commonwealth citizens the controls which he at present exercises over the
entry of aliens by means of a visa system.
A Government spokesman stressed today it was not the intention
to require the possession of visas by tourists, visitors and those who
came here on business trips..
Only those who wished to enter for employment, residence or
oducation would require visas.
The Colonial Secretary will move the second reading of the Bill
at a meeting of the Legislative Council on August 13, with the remaining
stages scheduled for the subsequent meeting of the Council on August 27.
"It is expected that the date for the start of the controls will
be announced shortly after that," the spokesman said.
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY No.51 18 AUG 1969
HKK 18/27
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