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SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT WOULD CONSIDER SIMPLIFYING THE IMMIGRATION
APPLICATION PROCEDURES FOR HK PEOPLE AND GRANTING POLITICAL RIGHTS TO HK IMMIGRANTS, THE MEDIA (8.2) REPORTED.
BRITISH CONSULATE
13. QUOTING SOURCES, THE ORIENTAL DAILY NEWS REPORTED THAT THE FCO WANTED TO COMPLETE THE PLANNING FOR THE SETTING UP OF THE BRITISH CONSULATE IN THE TERRITORY BY 1995. SOURCES CLOSE TO THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT TOLD THE PAPER THAT A SITE FOR THE FUTURE CONSULATE HAD NOT YET BEEN FOUND BUT THAT IT WOULD BE EITHER IN CENTRAL OR AREAS
CLOSE TO CENTRAL. ONE OF THE FACTORS THAT HAD TO BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION WAS WHETHER HKG SHOULD BE ASKED TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO THE SETTING UP OF THE CONSULATE. AS A BRITISH PRESENCE IN HK AFTER 1997 WOULD BENEFIT THE TERRITORY, IT WOULD BE REASONABLE FOR HKG TO PROVIDE FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO BRITAIN.
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