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Mr Rexí
CONFIDENTIAL
Hong Kong Department
Reference
with
1h (34)
I attach our draft reply to Hong Kong telegram 864 asking whether Hong Kong Chinese (ie those who are stateless) will be given an allocation of work permits in 1972 and 1973.
The answer is that permits will continue to be issued to aliens regardless of their country of origin and the DEP see no reason at all to embark.on the tortuous Pather of national quotas.
path
Our many Chinese restaurants seldom employ
any persons who are not of Chinese race and this is likely to guarantee a continued though reduced flow from Hong Kong.
کہ
J H Mallett
Migration and Visa
Department
26 November 1971
Mr. esamimara.
Copics of
серо
the relevant tolograms
are attached.
I think the draft roply is all right except for the fiind paragraph, which might be lift out. I doubt
that it wrmed be true
to
say that the Hongkong
British
Subject coming here to work has
amy
more intention of seething permanently
in the UK than the HK ation.
Rodraft agrood with ther Mallett and
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