why we cannot give
these mothers to stay,
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special
permission
for
but there is one important reason
that I can make public and that is my belief that there is
no viable reason why we should treat them any better than
any other illegal immigrant mothers whom we have had to
send back to China. And we must not forget also that some of
these illegal immigrant mothers who surfaced as a result or
the exercise we have just been considering have already
returned to China voluntarily.
Dr. HO: Sir, can the Secretary for Security request
the Chinese Government to consider a part of the 75-a-day
these illegal immigrant mothers to return
quota
to
to Hong Kong after they have been repatriated?
SECREATARY FOR SECURITY: Sir, again, can I remind Members
that these illegal immigrant mothers are, in fact,
in fact, queue-
jumpers in terms of those who are waiting in the queue in
China to get one-way permits.
I do not think that within the
75-a-day permits issued they
deserve any particular priority.
Mr. PETER C. WUNG: Sir, can the Secretary confirm that if a
mother with a young child commits an offence and is sentenced to
a term of imprisonment, the fact that sne has a young child
is not sufficient ground to ask the court for a suspended
sentence?
SECRETARY FOR SECURITY: I can confirm, Sir, that is correct.