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O P Date23/10/89
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION
For WRITTEN ANSWER on
26/10/89
Head of
HKD
Please submit :-
a draft Answer & background
to Parliamentary Unit
SERIAL NO; 2771
before
NOON 25/10/8p
TEXT OF QUESTION :-
WR CARTS SMITR
INGTON SOUIT
PARTY
La
To ask the Secretary of State/HMG;
what steps he has taken to ensure that prisoners extradited from the UK to Hong Kong and in jail at the time of the transfer to sovereignty, will be able to leave the colony at the end of their sentence; and if he will make a statement.
to P/S
MR. MAUDE
(Minister)
for approval by
NOON 26 OCT 1989
REPLY (s)
PQSR
for answer by
MR. MAUDE
(Minister)
ANSWER:
нко 383,2.
The freedom of all persons to leave the future
Special Administrative Region, if they have valid
travel documents, is established by the Joint
Declaration. The draft Basic Law reflects the Joint
Declaration in this respect.
copy to
Private Secretary
PS/
(Minister)
Parliamentary Clerk
22
authorised
(Head of Dept.)