24 MAY 89 23:34
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TRANSCRIPT J: SELECT COMMITTER RB HONG KONG 24 MAY 1989
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MR. NORRIS:.
normal
as
We would handle those applications under our
immigration rules, Mr. Rowlands, quite simply which is,
you will know, that is normally we only admit now for
settlement either spouses or fiancees who comes in the
provisional basis but if the marriage is still subsisting
after twelve months the conditions on their stay are
removed, or dependant children which is generally those
under 18 and clearly dependent therefore on parents in the
We do not admit in family or very elderly relatives.
the category of brothers and sisters and that would apply
to Hong Kong as indeed to other parts of the world.
MR. TIK ROVLANDS:
If you were looking for a middle way, might not this
be a possible area where you could actually acknowledge
the relative uniqueness of the situation that Hong Kong
finds itself in and people who live in Hong Kong are finding themselves? And besides the general description
of immigration rules you have given, that you might have a
variation on that in respect of people in Hong Kong who
have family connections here
brother or sister?