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Government make such a suggestion to the Chinese Government,
and that is, after the illegal immigrant mothers are
repatriated the Chinese Government will immediately issue
them double-way entry permits and also let them apply for
one-way permits at the same time, and that there will not
be a limit to their stay in Hong Kong after they come with
their two-way permits until their one-way permits are issued
to them?
of a
of
SECREEARY FOR SECURITY: Under the arrangements that we have
with the appropriate authorities in China, two-way permit
holders are allowed in for a period of stay maximum three
months and then they must return to china. If we start making
exceptions to two-way permit holders, we really will be at
the top of a very slippery slope. As regards the first part
of my hon. Friend's question, we have, of course, been
in discussion with the Chinese authorities at our regular
meetings with them on this question, and I can assure you that
we have had a very sympathetic hearing.
Mr. CHEONG-LEEN: Sir, the Secretary for Security said that
there is no reason to suppose that these 11 mothers will
experience any difficulty in obtaining one-way exit permits.
Could he tell us in the normal course of events how long it
will take to get such one-way exit permits and whether such
period of time would be considered as reasonable or humanitarian
and fair under the
circumstances?
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