Immigration Ordiname
Speech by the secretary for Security
in the Legislative Council on Wednesday,
2 December 1987, to the motion
"That Section 18(3) and Parts VIIA and VIIB
of the Immigration Ordinance
shall expire on 31 December 1988"
He said:
Sir,
I move the motion standing in my name on the
Order Paper. It seeks to extend section 18(3) and
Parts VIIA and VIIB of the Immigration Ordinance for
a further year.
lo.
Section 18(3) of the Immigration Ordinance
was first enacted in January 1979 to help the
Government deal with the problem of Vietnamese
refugees. It removes the limit of two months during
which an immigration officer may remove a person
refused permission to land in Hong Kong, if it
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