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FROM: C T WOOD, ASSISTANT POLITICAL ADVISER I FOLLOWING FOR : CE LEEKS, ESQ., HONG KONG DEPARTMENT COPIED TO :
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D G BLUNT, ESQ.,
PHASING OUT OF RE-ENTRY PERMITS
FCO:
AS YOU MAY DE AWARE, IT IS OUR INTENTION THAT THE RE-ENTRY PERMITS USED BY HONG KONG RESIDENTS FOR TRAVEL TO CHIDA AND HACAU SHOULD BE PHASED OUT AS IMMIGRATION.CONTROL POINTS ARE COMPUTER ISED. IN THEIR PLACE, HONG KONG IDENTITY CARDS WILL DE ACCEPTED AT THE CONTROL POINTS. EXCO HAS APPROVED. THE PROPOSALS. AND ASKED THAT THE CHINESE AND MACAU AUTHORITIES BE APPROACHED.
2. THE DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION HAS ALREADY APPROACHED THE MACAU AUTHORITIES, AND INITIAL REACTIONS WERE FAIRLY POSITIVE. WE HAVE NOW BEEN ASKED TO APPROACH NONA. WE THOUGHT THAT YOU SHOULD SE KEPT THE PICTURE AND GIVEN AN OPPORTUNITY TO COMMENT, SO THE TEXT OF THE CRAFT SPEAKING NOTE WE INTEND TO USE, WHICH GIVES ALL THE NECESSARY BACKGROUND, IS BELOW. 1 SHOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR ANY COMMENTS YOU AND DAVID BLUNT MAY HAVE BY 24 OCTOBER
3. AS YOU KNOW, HONG KONG RESIDENTS DO NOT (NOT) PRESENT THEIR RE-ENTRY FERMITS TO THE CHINESE AUTHORITES ON ENTRY INTO CHINA,. BUT HAVE TO CARRY THE PRC-ISSUED HOME VISIT PERMITS". INFORMAL CONTACTO DETWEEN MIGRATION DEPARTMENT AND THE CHINESE HAVE PLICATE LITTLE LIKELIHOOD OF DIFFICULTIES. INDEED, THE CHINESE HAVE SHOWN INTEREST IN OUR COMPUTERISATION PROGRAMME AND HAVE EXPRESSED A DESIRE FOR COMPATIBILITY OF SYSTEMS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE SORDER, AS THEY HAVE PLANS FOR COMPUTERISATION AT LOWU. TECHNICAL LEVEL CONTACTS ARE LIKELY.
TEXT OF SPEAKING NOTE BEGINS: