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negotiable: even if, initially, we succeed in bringing the daily settle- ment rate only down to 100, it would still be an important advance. However, for planning purposes in this paper, the assumption is made that the Chinese would accept a maximum of 75 one-way permits a day);
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that the period of validity of visitors' permits should not exceed three months, which is the standard international maximum, and in the normal course be for one month only (which the Chinese have now accepted for those in transit). have been making persistent efforts over the past two years to persuade them to reduce the period of validity, with varying responses from the different Chinese municipalities and provinces. Guangzhou has in general brought the period down to three months whereas Fujian Province has continued to issue permits valid for a year or more. importance of a far shorter period of validity is threefold. First, it would help to emphasise to the immigrant and his relatives the temporary nature of his stay in Hong Kong. Secondly, it would make it easier to trace over-stayers - the scent cools with the passage of time. Thirdly, it enables more people to pay visits over a given period without increas- ing the total number of visitors in Hong Kong at any one time, thus reducing the pressure on the Chinese authorities.
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that those who did not return voluntarily and were sent back would be accepted. (We should consider whether, in order to allay Chinese misgivings, as voiced by the Governor of Guangdong - which echo Chinese complaints over our handling of those in transit through Hong Kong - a less rigorous form of detention and return should be adopted than in the case of illegal immigrants. Where there is little risk of absconding, there could be greater use of recognisances and escorted travel via Lo Wu.
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