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BIBU 201
17/4/86
1. WE HAVE COMPLETED OUR ENQUIRIES WITH ALL BRANCHES AND DEPARTMENTS CONCERNED. WE CAN FIND NO RECORD OF INTERNATIONAL KIDNAPPING CASES INVOLVING HK CHILDREN OR OF CHILDREN OF OTHER NATIONALITIES BEING KIDNAPPED AND BROUGHT TO HK. ON VIEW OF THIS AND BECAUSE OF OUR GENERAL RELUCTANCE TO ADD TO OUR EXISTING LIST OF UK LEGISLATION APPLYING TO HONG KONG, WE CONFIRM OUR VIEW THAT THERE S LITTLE NEED TO EXTEND THE ARRANGEMENTS COVERED BY THE ACT TO HONG KONG.
2. WE NOTE, HOWEVER, THAT IT AS POSSIBLE TO EXTEND THE ACT TO HONG KONG AFTER ITS COMING INTO OPERATION, HET WERE LATER TO PROVE ADVISABLE TO DO SO.
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