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FM PEKING 130910Z AUG 85
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TOF HKK Ö40/4.
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TELEGRAM NUMBER 1194 OF 13 AUGUST.
INFO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG.
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14 AUG 1985
BISTRY
YOUR TELNOS 694 AND 697: HONG KONG AGREEMENT: RESTRICTED: RIGHT OF ABODE ENDORSEMENTS IN BN (0) PASSPORTS
1. I CALLED ON ZHAO JIHUA, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE MFA'S HKMO, THIS AFTERNOON AND TOOK HIM THROUGH OUR SPEAKING NOTE ON THIS SUBJECT. (YOUR TELNO 1115 TO HONG KONG AS AMENDED BY MY TELNOS 1167 AND 1174 AND YOUR TURS). LEFT COPIES OF THE NOTE WITH THE CHINESE. AMPLIFIED PARAGRAPH 7(E) OF THE NOTE ORALLY ALONG THE LINES OF PARAGRAPH 2 OF MY TELNO 1174.
2. ZHAO SAID THAT HE FOUND THE NOTE ON THE WHOLE CLEAR. THE CHINESE SIDE WOULD STUDY IT CAREFULLY. LI CHUANSHENG, (WHO WAS ALSO PRESENT), REFERRING TO PARAGRAPH 9 OF THE NOTE, SAID IT WOULD BE HELPFUL TO HAVE DETAILS OF CURRENT LEGISLATION ON THE MATTERS COVERED BY THE NOTE. POINTED OUT THAT THE MFA HELD A COMPLETE SET OF THE LAWS OF HONG KONG. ALL THE RELEVANT LEGISLATION WOULD BE THERE. I AGREED, HOWEVER, THAT BOTH WE AND THE CHINESE SHOULD CHECK THE DETAILS OF THE RELEVANT LEGISLATION AND THAT WE WOULD GIVE THEM THE APPROPRIATE REFERENCES. ZHAO CONCLUDED BY SAYING THAT HE HAD NO FURTHER IMMEDIATE QUESTIONS ON THE NOTE. HE REPEATED THAT THE CHINESE SIDE WOULD STUDY IT CAREFULLY, AS IT COVERED IMPORTANT TOPICS. AGREED.
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ACCORDING TO OUR UNDERSTANDING, THE LEGISLATION TO WHICH THE CHINESE SHOULD REFER CONSISTS OF THE IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE (VOLUME 7, CHAPTER 115 OF THE LAWS OF HONG KONG) AND THE REGISTRATION OF PERSONS ORDINANCE (VOLUME 10, CHAPTER 177) PLUS THE SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION TO BOTH ORDINANCES. WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU AND HONG KONG COULD LET US KNOW OF ANYTHING ELSE THAT YOU BELIEVE WE SHOULD REFER THE CHINESE TO.
THOMSON
HONG KONG AGREEMENT : RESTRICTED
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MR WILSON
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MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS
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