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3. IN ORDER TO LIMIT THE ENTRY OF DEPENDANTS OF DEPENDANTS, THE
GOVERNOR-IN-COUNCIL HAS NOW DECIDED TO ADOPT, WITH IMMED EFFECT, NEW CRITERIA FOR CONSIDERING APPLICATIONS FOR ENTRY
FROM STATELESS PERSONS LIVING IN, OR ORIGINATING FROM, VIETNAM,
LAOS AND KAMPUCHEA. ENTRY FOR RESIDENCE WILL BE RESTRICTED TO :-
(A) WIVES:
(B)
(C)
HUSBANDS:
UNMARRIED DEPENDANT CHILDREN UNDER 21 YEARS OLD:
(D) AGED DEPENDANT PARENT LIVING ALONE IN VIETNAM WHOSE
FAMILY UNIT IS IN HONG KONG: AND
(E)
CASES INVOLVING PARTICULARLY STRONG HUMANITARIAN GROUNDS,
APPLICATIONS UNDER (A), (B), (C) AND (D) ABOVE WILL ONLY BE
ENTERTAINED IF THE SPONSOR ENTERED HONG KONG LEGALLY, OR HAD
HIS STAY IN HONG KONG LEGALISED, BEFORE 30 APRIL 1975,
4. WE BELIEVE THESE NEW CRITERIA WILL ENABLE US TO REJECT ALL
BUT A FEW HUNDRED OF THE OUTSTANDING APPLICATIONS AND PERHAPS
REJECT 95 PERCENT OF ALL FUTURE APPLICATIONS. WE WILL, OF COURSE
MONITOR CLOSELY THE EFFECT OF THESE CRITERIA AND REVIEW THEIR
APPLICATION AS NECESSARY.
5. IN ACCORDANCE WITH OUR USUAL PRACTICE, WE DO NOT PROPOSE TO
PUBLISH THESE NEW CRITERIA. TO DO SO WOULD ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO
TAILOR THEIR APPLICATIONS TO MEET THEM, HOWEVER, WE EXPECT THAT THEIR PRACTICAL EFFECTS WILL SOON BE FELT: DEPENDING ON THE
SITUATION WE MAY MAKE A GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT HONG KONG'S
INABILITY TO ACCEPT THE LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE
APPLIED FOR ENTRY FROM INDO-CHINA. IF THIS PROVES NECESSARY,
WE WILL OF COURSE LET YOU KNOW. MEANWHILE, THE EXCO PAPER
WHICH GIVES FURTHER DETAILS OF THE BACKGROUND, IS BEING SENT
TO YOU BY BAG.
FCO PLEASE PASS SAVING TO PEKING.
MACLEHOSE
FILES.
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MR MURRAY
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