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may be increased to twelve months in
certain specific categories, i.e., for
"Visitor (B)" (i.e. business visitors) and.
"Official" endorsements. This concession
is incorporated in the revised "Instructions
to Entry Certificate Officers" which have been
printed and circulated to all dependent
territories and overseas posts.
ly. However, new legislation concerning
immigration is at present under consideration
Queen's
by Ministers as envisaged in The Gracious
made
Speech and the Home Secretary read a state-
ment in Parliament on 3 July outlining the
form that it is expected to take.
the Hansard report is attached.
1. The F.C.O. is pressing for the retention
of the existing special arrangements for
immigrants from the dependent territories.
(At present 600 employment vouchers are
allocated annually to the dependent terri-
tories with not more than 300 to any one
territory. Hong Kong takes up its full
quota.)
16.14. It appears likely that in common
with
Commonwealth immigrants from other dependent territories, those from Hong Kong
mey
be subjected to an initial limitation of stay and a requirement to register with the police
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August, 1970.
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