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IFIONTION BILL
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Your minute of 25 March.
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2. Mr. Jaminara and I have discussed Hong Kong telegram number 153 with Mr. right and kr, Webb-Johnson of the Mong nong Government office. Our purpose was to see what they had to Bay about the "background" (see paragraph 2 of the Governor's telegram) and to obtain an up to date assessment of the position of the Hong Kong Chinese in this country.
3. Mr. Wright explained that kr. For teaque had been lobbied by the Chin se during his recent visit to Hong hong ith Xr. Peter Blaker (both MPs were in Hong Kong as guests of the Dovernment). On his return to the UK Mr. Fartesque had told Br. Eright about this. Mr. Wright had also seen approach ad 17 Kr. #ichael Herries of the Hong Kong Association who had asked if the Association should do anything. One idea was that the question of the quota for the Dependent Territories should be raised during the second reading of the Bill, the argument being that the Dependent Territories should be treated better than the Independent Territories. Mr. #right had reported all this to the Governor who had told him that it would not be in the best interests of Hong Kong to have the matter of the quota raised during the second reading of the B111. Mr. "right had hussed this message on. The Bill is now, I understand, at the Committee Stage; there has been no lobbying on behalf of the Dependent Territories,
4. In his telegram the Governor argues that Hong Kong's allocation of employment vouchers for citizens of the nited Kingdom and Colonies should not be reduced below the present level of 300 per anrum: he ses the following arguments:
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In recent years Hong Kong has made full use of its allocation and there has always been a waiting list.
Other dependent territories have not made full use of their allocations.
The number of aliem (ie stateless) Chinese from Hong Kong who have been granted entry visas into the UK in recent years is very considerably in excess of the number of Hong Kong citizens of the UK and Colonies who have been granted employment vouchers to work in the UK.
The population of Hong Kong amounts to at least 70 per cent of the total population of all the Dependent Territories. Thus even if the quota for the Dependent Territories were reduced to 400 there would still be a very strong case for llong Kong to retain an allocation of 300.
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