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MIPT: VISA ABOLITION AGREEMENTS BETWEEN HONG KONG AND THIRD COUNTRIES
1. DRAFT LETTERS TO BE EXCHANGED BETWEEN THE CONSUL-GENERAL OF SOUTH AFRICA AND THE CHIEF SECRETARY
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(1) FROM THE CONSUL-GENERAL OF SOUTH AFRICA TO THE CHIEF SECRETARY OF HONG KONG.
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CONSUL-GENERAL OF SOUTH AFRICA
HONG KONG SEPTEMBER 1990
SIR,
THE CONSUL-GENERAL OF SOUTH AFRICA PRESENTS HIS COMPLIMENTS TO THE CHIEF SECRETARY OF HONG KONG AND HAS THE HONOUR TO REFER TO RECENT DISCUSSIONS BETWEEN REPRESENTATIVES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF SOUTH AFRICA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG CONCERNING VISA- FREE ACCESS FOR TRAVEL TO SOUTH AFRICA BY HONG KONG BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZEN PASSPORT HOLDERS AND BY BRITISH NATIONAL COVERSEAS) PASSPORT HOLDERS (HEREAFTER CALLED ''BRITISH HONG KONG PASSPORT HOLDERS'') AND FOR TRAVEL TO HONG KONG BY SOUTH AFRICAN PASSPORT HOLDERS, AND TO STATE THAT THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE GOVERNMENT OF SOUTH AFRICA IS AS FOLLOWS
(1) BRITISH HONG KONG PASSPORT HOLDERS SHALL BE PERMITTED TO VISIT SOUTH AFRICA WITHOUT VISAS FOR A PERIOD NOT EXCEEDING FIFTEEN (15) DAYS, INCLUDING THE DATE OF LANDING.
(2) BRITISH HONG KONG PASSPORT HOLDERS VISITING SOUTH AFRICA WITHOUT VISAS UNDER THE ABOVE ARRANGEMENTS SHALL BE SUBJECT TO
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