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VISA APPLICATIONS ROSE SHARPLY AFTER THATCHER'S VISIT TO PEKING LAST SEPTEMBER AND MIGHT AGAIN IF PEKING AND LONDON ARE UNABLE TO RESOLVE THEIR DIFFERENCES. ''DON'T FORGET THAT HONG KONG HAS 5 MILLION PEOPLE WHOSE GRANDPARENTS VOTED WITH THEIR FEET (TO LEAVE) CHINA, **SAYS TREVOR BEDFORD, MANAGING DIRECTOR OF HONG KONG LAND, A VAST PROPERTY CONGLOMERATE. THEY MAY WANT TO DO SO AGAIN IF PEKING MAKES IT CLEAR THAT HONG KONG'S FREEWHEELING WAY OF LIFE IS

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