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Written Answers
10 FEBRUARY-1977
Hong Kong
Mr. Parry asked the Secretary of State 'for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what are the grounds for refusing Warsaw Pact countries permission to establish consular representation in Hong Kong:^*
Mr. Luard: No formal requests have been received in recent years from the Governments of the countries concerned. The unique circumstances of Hong Kong would not allow for consular representa- tion in all cases.
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Mr. Parry asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many citizens of Warsaw Pact countries have residence visas in Hong Kong: what is the length of these visas; and what trades or professions these people are engaged in.
Mr. Luard: There are two Soviet marine superintendents in Hong Kong on six-month employment visas which the Hong Kong Government are in the pro-
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cess of renewing for a further six months. The superintendents are accompanied by their wives, who hold six-month depen- dent status visas. There is a Czech national, the wife of a West German business man, who has been in Hong Kong since 1975 and was last year given a 12-month extension of stay. There is also a Polish nun entitled to stay in Hong King within the validity of her passport, which is due to expire in 1981.mam 590 fi Surdei et yd Butterswert
Mr. Parry asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will publish_in_the Official Report details of the tonnage of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics' ships visiting Hong Kong in each of the past five years, stating for each year how much of this tonnage was cargo ships trading in Hong Kong, vessels using repair facilities, and passenger ships, respectively.
Mr. Luard: The net registered tonnage of Soviet ships visiting Hong Kong during the period in question was as follows:
Passenger ships
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Cargo ships
Ships using repair facilities
Total
1972
224,253
6,495
29,973
260,721
1973
340,691
17,472
52,304
410,467.
1974
307,235
62,959
35,380
405,574
1975
389,255
1976
630,822
*:: 68,027 23,838
47,900
505,182,
34,504
689,164
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Indonesia
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Mr. Hoyle asked the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what protests have been made to the Indonesian Government about the poli- tical prisoners, many of whom have been in prison camps since 1965.--
Mr. Luard: Her Majesty's Govern- ment have on a number of occasions conveyed concern to the Indonesian authorities about the detainees in Indonesia. My hon. Friend may be aware that the Indonesian Government have already
about already released
4,000 detainees, have said they intend to release another 10,000 this year, and have under- taken that no detainees will continue to be held without triail after 1979.
Immigration (Indian Subcontinent) Mr. Alexander W. Lyon asked the Sec- retary of State for Foreign and Common-
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wealth Affairs what were the number of applications for settlement by wives and children of men settled in the United Kingdom received by each of the posts in' the Indian subcontinent for each quarter in the last three years; and what is now the total number of wives and children at each post awaiting a decision on an application they have made.
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Mr. Luard, pursuant to his reply, [Official Report, 26th January 1977; Vol. 924, c. 621], gave the following informa-
tion:
Estimates of the numbers of applica-, tions received and the numbers awaiting a decision are given in the following table. Precise and comparable figures are not available because the methods of record- ing applications have varied from time to time and from post to post.
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