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167512
MDLIAN 0686
CONDUCTED BY SING TAO WAN PAO ON 50 PEOPLE REVEALED THAT MORE THAN 45 PER CENT OF THE RESPONDENTS HAD NOT PAID ATTENTION TO THE PACKAGE AND THAT 85 PER CENT INDICATED THEY WOULD NOT APPLY.
ITALY
8. SOME PAPERS (17.10) REPORTED THAT THE ITALIAN GOVERNMENT WAS DRAFTING PLANS TO OFFER THE RIGHT OF ABODE TO LOCAL SENIOR AND MIDDLE-LEVEL EXECUTIVES WORKING IN ITALIAN COMPANIES IN HK. THE ITALIAN CONSUL-GENERAL IN HK, MASSIMO BAISTROCCHI, SAID THAT THE SCHEME WOULD PERMIT THE RECIPIENTS OF VISAS AND THEIR FAMILIES, IN AN EMERGENCY, TO ENTER THE COUNTRY FOR RESIDENCY, THE ENTRANTS SHOULD ABIDE BY ITALIAN IMMIGRATION LAWS WHICH WOULD REQUIRE THEM TO LIVE IN THE COUNTRY FOR A WHILE BEFORE THEY COULD APPLY FOR
PASSPORTS.
US IMMIGRATION QUOTA
9.
THE ORIENTAL DAILY NEWS, QUOTING A DISPATCH FROM NEW YORK, SAID THAT THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES AND THE SENATE HAD REACHED A THREE-POINT AGREEMENT ON INCREASING THE IMMIGRATION QUOTA FOR HK PEOPLE. THE HK ECONOMIC JOURNAL NOTED THAT THE QUOTA FOR VISAS FOR LOCAL EMPLOYEES OF US FIRMS WOULD BE REDUCED FROM THE PROPOSED 15 000 PLACES A YEAR TO A TOTAL OF 36 000 FOR THREE YEARS.
HUNGARY
10.
A STATEMENT ISSUED BY THE HUNGARIAN GOVERNMENT SAID THAT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE HK INVESTMENT (EASTERN EUROPE) LTD, IT WOULD GRANT THE RIGHT OF ABODE TO A GROUP OF HK PEOPLE, PROVIDED THAT EACH WOULD INVEST AT LEAST USD 100 000 IN THE COUNTRY.
WILSON
YYYY
ΜΑΙΝ
77
.HONG KONG AGREEMENT
.(RESTRICTED)
LIMITED
DISTRIBUTION
81
PUSD
NEWS D
PS/LORD CAITHNESS
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