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OF 08094OZ NOVEMBER 85
INFO PRIORITY KUALA LUMPUR
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PARA. 3 OF FCO TELNO 1636: HONG KONG AGREEMENT : PESTRICTED :
ACCEPTABILITY OF BN (0) PASSPORTS : MALAYSIA.
IN INFORMAL DISCUSSION WITH THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY TODAY,
THE MALAYSIAN COMMISSIONER STRESSED THE POINT THAT INSTABILITY
IN HONG KONG WOULD ADVERSELY AFFECT THE SOUTHEAST ASIAN REGION. HE ADDED THAT THE MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE STABILITY AND PROSPERITY OF HONG KONG AND WOULD DEFINITELY ADOPT A HELPFUL ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE NEW PASSPORT ARRANGEMENTS. HE INDICATED UNOFFICIALLY THAT HE COULD SEE NO PROBLEMS OVER HIS GOVERNMENT ACCEPTING THE BN (0) PASSPORT ALTHOUGH VISA ABOLITION ARRANGEMENTS MIGHT HAVE TO BE SEPARATELY LOOKED AT IN KUALA LUMPUR. SECRETARY FOR SECURITY EMPHASISED THAT THE INTENTION OF HMG WAS TO SEEK TO ENSURE THAT ENTRY AGREEMENTS INCLUDING VISA ABOLITION ARRANGEMENTS WHICH APPLIED TO HONG KONG BDTCS WOULD ALSO APPLY TO BN (0)S.
THE
3. ON REPATRIATION ARRANGEMENTS, THE COMMISSIONER WAS ASSURED THAT, WITH THE RIGHT OF ABODE ENDORSEMENT IN BN (0) PASSPORTS, HOLDERS' RETURNABILITY TO HONG KONG WOULD BE GUARANTEED. THE COMMISSIONER THEN RAISED THE QUESTION OF BOC PASSPORT HOLDERS AND ASKED WHETHER SUCH PASSPORTS WOULD CONTAIN A SIMILAR RIGHT OF ABODE ENDORSEMENT AS EVIDENCE OF THE HOLDER'S RETURNABILITY TO HIS PLACE OF RESIDENCE. HE WAS TOLD THAT THIS ISSUE WAS BEING CONSIDERED.
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