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EMPLOYEES OF AMERICAN FIRMS WILL BE GRANTED VISAS VALID FOR 10
YEARS.DEL MEMBERS QUESTIONED SUGGESTION THAT CDA IMPLEMENT
PRE-SELECTION VISA SCHEME FOR 1HOUSAND OF HKONG PEOPLE WHO, IF
SITUATION DETERIORATED BADLY, WOULD BE ACCEPTED AS REFUGEES IN
CDA.ON RELATIONS WITH PRC, MEMBERS STATED THAT DIALOGUE RATHER
THAN CONFRONTATION WOULD INCREASE CHANCES OF CONTINUED
STABILITY AND PROSPERITY.
2.REPORT: LED BY CHAIRMAN OF HOFC STANDING COMMITTEE ON
EXTERNAL AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL TRADE, HONOURABLE JOHN
BOSLEY, MULTI-PARTY DEL MFT ITH MEMBERS OF LEGISLATIVE AND
EXECUTIVE COUNCILS ON 12 AND 19 NOV,BEFORE AND AFTER THEIR
VISIT TO PRC.MEETINGS WERE WARMLY WELCOMED BY LOCAL MEMBERS
AND FRUITFUL EXCHANGE OF VIEWS TOOK PLACE.
3.ON QUESTION OF PARLIAMENTARY LINKS,HKONG MEMBERS EXPRESSED
CONCERN AT TERMINATION OF THEIR MEMBERSHIP IN COMMONWEALTH
PARLIAMENTARY ASSOCIATION, ALTHOUGH IN THEORY, PARLIAMENTARIANS
COULD SUBSCRIBE INDIVIDUALLY TO LIFETIME MEMBERSHIP. THEY VALUE
OPPORTUNITIES TO EXCHANGE VIEWS WITH PARLIAMENTARIANS FROM
OTHER JURISDICTIONS AND BELIEVE THIS PROCESS USEFUL IN
STRENGTHENING HAONG DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM AND MAINTAINING HKONGS
INTERNATIONAL IDENTITY.HKONG LEGISLATORS HAVE RECENTLY AGREED
TO CREATION OF JOINT PARLIAMENTARY COMMITTEE WITH JAPANESE
DIET,HICH WILL MEET ONCE A YEAR AND SUGGESTED THAT SIMILAR
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