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HONG KONG/JAPAN ASA SEPARATION
Chinese Government have reaffirmed their support for ASA
separation process. No reason why Hong Kong and Japan should not proceed to negotiate a separated ASA.
If you consider it necessary, you could seek further
reassurance on this by approaching Hong Kong and Macao
Office of Chinese MFA.
Look forward to early resumption of talks on ASA
separation.
HONG KONG/JAPAN MULTIPLE ENTRY VISA
- A small but useful step which Japanese Government could
take to demonstrate their support for Hong Kong would be the
early conclusion of agreement on Multiple Entry Visas with Hong Kong Government. This would not only be helpful as
demonstration of Japanese confidence in Hong Kong's future.
It would also have immediate beneficial impact on business
travellers between Hong Kong and Japan.
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Hope Japanese Government will not continue to insist on a
very restrictive definition of business visitors, which would exclude all but a small proportion of Hong Kong companies. Unless this definition can be widened, would be
little purpose in having an agreement at all and almost no time to implement it before the proposed cut-off date in
1994.
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Hope that it will be possible to look at this again.
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