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CONFIDENTIAL
香港下亞厘畢道
ZEU
ET ALMOND
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GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT LOWER ALBERT ROAD
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5 December 1985
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TAZB 13/12
China Relations Committee (CRC)
Thank you for your letter of 8 November. -NR
The second meeting of the CRC was held on 2 November. The meeting firstly noted that in order to relieve the pressure at Tai Kok Tsui ferry pier, 50% of China bound services would be transferred to the old Macau terminal from 15 January 1986 until the completion of the new China ferry pier in 1987/88.
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There was a brief discussion about preparations for the annual border liaison review meeting (held on 13 November and on which we have reported separately).
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On behalf of John Boyd (away in Jakarta), Richard Margolis reported to the meeting on the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Joint Working Group Review which had been held on 16 October in Shenzhen. All in all the Review had gone well. The Chinese side has pushed for longer opening hours at Lowu and Man Kam To. We will be opening Lowu until 22.00 from 1 April 1986, but the Man Kam To proposal will be considered further by the relevant JWG. Work is progressing reasonably well in the Shenzhen River pollution and flood control subgroups; and both sides have a target date of mid-1988 for completion of the Lok Ma Chau crossing.
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The meeting then conducted a wide-ranging discussion of border crossing points, traffic patterns and entry/exit controls, prompted in particular by the enormous growth in passenger movements. The Director of Immigration gave an outline of progress on plans for the computerisation of immigration controls; and the meeting recognised that entry into Hong Kong from China would continue to be regulated, as provided for in the Joint Declaration. Linked to that discussion was a paper on the staffing implications of developments at the border, which the meeting noted.
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