UNCLASSIFIED
117607
MDLIAN 6958.
ALLOWED VISA RECIPIENTS TO DELAY SETTLING IN THE US UNTIL 2002. SOME PAPERS REPORTED THAT A DOCUMENT OF THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE OF THE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES HAD INDICATED THAT IN CASE ANY DRASTIC CHANGES TOOK PLACE IN HONG KONG, MORE THAN 20,000 HONG KONG RESIDENTS WOULD RESETTLE IN THE US ON ONE YEAR.
HONG KONG'S FUTURE
10. IN AN INTERVIEW WITH COMMERCIAL RADIO (5.10) SENIOR EXCO MEMBER BARONESS DUNN SAID THAT SHE BELIEVED THAT CHINA WOULD RECOGNISE OMELCO IN THE NEXT SEVEN YEARS BECAUSE OMELCO WAS PART OF HONG KONG'S POLITICAL STRUCTURE, ADDING THAT EVEN THE BASIC LAW RECOGNISED THE STATUS OF OMELCO. BARONESS DUNN REITERATED THAT THE MOST IMPORTANT TASK AT PRESENT WAS TO INCREASE MUTUAL UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN HONG KONG AND THE MAINLAND.
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DISTRIBUTION
79
MAIN
76
.HONG KONG AGREEMENT
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LIMITED
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HD/FED
RAD
PUSD
NEWS D
PS/LORD CAITHNESS
MR MCLAREN
MR BURNS
ADDITIONAL
3
MR WATERWORTH LEGAL ADVISERS
MS BARRETT LEGAL ADVISERS
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MR FIFOOT LEGAL ADVISERS
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