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Legislation will have to be introduced in Hong Kong making
it an offence not to carry an Identity Card at all times in public
and to employ anyone who does not possess such a card.
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Ministers agreed that it should be brought into effect by
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about the end of October (APS/Mr Blaker's minute of 29 July). It
OF QUANG DIING agreed that the Governor should visit Governor Xit
explain what he proposed and to seek Chinese cooperation.
visit is scheduled for 19-21 October. We have now learned that
Xi will be in the United States at that time, but the Governor
is content to speak to Acting Governor Yang Shangkun. It is the
Governor's intention to introduce legislation on 23 October to
come into effect 4 to 10 days later. (Hong Kong Telegram No 1315).
When Mr Blaker agreed this visit, he said that the Governor
should consult London at the appropriate time about the exact date
for legislation and the introduction of the scheme, in the light
of the fact that Parliament resumes on 27 October (Mr Blaker's
note on Mr Morrice's submission of 11 September).
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7. The Governor expressed concern (Paragraph 2 of Hong Kong
Telegram No 1255) that too much delay in authorising implementation
might provoke a last-minute influx of immigrants. Because of the
risk of leaks, which will be increased by the visit to Guangdong,
the Governor (in Hong Kong Telegram No 1315) has now requested
authority to proceed with his timing without the need to refer back
to London following his visit to Guangdong.
There are, in addition, strong technical reasons for fixing
an exact timetable for legislation now. The arrangements for
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