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AND WHILE LEGISLATORS RECOGNIZE THAT IT PUTS STABILITY AND
PROSPERITY AT RISK, IT NEVERTHELESS PROVIDES ESSENTIAL SAFETY
VALVE THEY SEE VOLUME OF EMIGRANTS DICTATED BY NUMBER OF
PLACES OFFERED BY FOREIGN COUNTRIES.TEEY KNOW WELL CDAS
POSITION ON RIGHT OF ABODE SCHEMES BUT NEVERTHELESS ASKED
WHETHER QUESTION COULD NOT BE RECONSIDERED. THEY ALSO EXPRESSED
STRONG SUPPORT FOR NEW USA DELAYED DEPARTURE SCHEME, WHEREBY
KEY EMPLOYEES (UP TO 36,000) OF USA FIRMS IN EKONG WILL BE
ELIGIBLE FOR VISAS VALID FOR 10 YEARS.LEGISLATORS URGED CDN
SIDE TO CONSIDER SUCH SCHEME, WHICH THEY SEE AS HELPFUL IN
KEEPING PEOPLE WHO OTHERWISE WOULD EMIGRATE, IN H≤ONG.
6.IN SUPPORT OF THEIR THEORY THAT WHAT IS NEEDED ARE QUOTE
PASSPORTS OR VISAS TO STAY UNQUOTE, THEY STATED THAT ONLY
AROUND TWO HUNDRED FAMILIES HAVE LEFT FOR SPORE UNDER SCHEME
THAT ALLOWS UP TO 25 000 HKONG RESIDENTS TO EMIGRATE WITH A
VISA VALID FOR FIVE YEARS, WITH POSSIBLE EXTENSION FOR FURTHER
FIVE.IN THEIR VIEW, THERE ARE LESS THAN HALF MILLION PERSONS
WHOSE TALENTS AND SKILLS ARE ESSENTIAL TO HKONG AND WHOSE
DEPARTURE WOULD DEAL SEVERE BLOW TO ANY PROSPECT OF FUTURE
PROSPERITY.MEMBERS EXPRESSED HOPE THAT GLOBALLY, FOREIGN
COUNTRIES WOULD BE ABLE TO DELIVER SIMILAR NUMBER OF PASSPORTS
OR VISAS THAT WOULD KEEP THIS CRITICAL CORE HERE IN HKONG.
7.LEGISLATORS ALSO SUPPORTED VIEWS EXPRESSED BY MARTIN