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FM HONG KONG 29070OZ DECEMBER 82
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TELEGRAM NUMBER 1529 OF 29 DECEMBER
INFO PEKING HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON
LEGAL IMMIGRATION FROM CHINA
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Mr. Shutt
AS ENVISAGED IN OUR TELNO 596 TO PEKING (NOT TO HONG AID), THE POLITICAL ADVISER LED A TEAM OF HONG KONG OFFICIALS FOR DISCUSSIONS WITH THE GUANGDONG AUTHORITIES ON 17 DECEMBER. AT THE MEETING THE CHINESE SAID THAT SINCE
1 SEPTEMBER 1982 THEY HAD BEEN ADVISING TWO WAY PERMIT HOLDERS (TWPHS) DEPARTING FOR HONG KONG THAT THEY MUST RETURN TO CHINA AT THE END OF THEIR VISIT, I.E. ON OR BEFORE THE EXPIRY DATE OF THEIR TWPS.
2. THE MAIN POINTS AGREED AT THE MEETING WHICH ARE NOT, REPEAT NOT, FOR PUBLICATION WERE:
A. THE DAILY AVERAGE OF ONE AND TWO WAY PERMIT HOLDERS COMBINED WOULD BE KEPT AT THE PRESENT LEVEL, (AN AVERAGE OF ABOUT 150 PER DAY) AS WOULD THE PRESENT PROPORTION (ROUGHLY 50:50).
B. THE VALIDITY PERIOD OF TWPHS WOULD IN GENERAL NOT EXCEED THREE MONTHS. THE CHINESE WOULD ISSUE PERMITS FOR SHORTER PERIODS WHERE A THREE MONTH STAY WAS NOT JUSTIFIED.
C. TWPHS WITH VALID REASONS FOR EXTENSION BEYOND THE VALIDITY OF THEIR CHINESE PERMIT MAY APPLY TO THE HONG KONG IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT. EXTENSIONS WOULD BE GIVEN ONLY IN THE RARE CASES WHERE THEY WERE ''REALLY NEEDED''.
D. TWPHS REFUSING TO RETURN AT THE EXPIRY OF THEIR STAY WOULD BE RETURNED TO THE PRC IN THE SAME WAY AS TRANSITEE PASSPORT HOLDERS WHO OVERSTAY 1.E. THEY WILL BE RETURNED SEPARATELY FROM ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
E. THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT WOULD IMPLEMENT THE SCHEME IN RESPECT OF TWPHS ARRIVING ON AND AFTER 23 DECEMBER 1932. (WE HAD INTENDED TO IMPLEMENT ON 1 JANUARY 1903 BUT BROUGHT DATE FORWARD TO MEET CHINESE WISHES).
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