CONFIDENTIAL
LORD BELSTEAD'S VISIT TO HONG KONG : 6 TO 10 DECEMBER 1982
BRIEF NO.8: IMMIGRATION FROM CHINA
POINTS TO MAKE
1.
Pleased illegal immigration now under control.
Congratulate security forces and others.
2.
[For use with Officials] Have the new arrangements covering legal immigrants resulted in drop in proportion of entrants with one-way permits?
[For use with Unofficials and the press.
3.
Defensive]
New arrangements reached following recent contacts with the Chinese in both Peking and Hong Kong should help keep down numbers of immigrants from China. Current arrangements will continue to be reviewed. Hope that further improvements
may result.
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