UNCLASSIFIED
FM FCO
TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELNO 1049
OF 311831Z MAY 90
UNCLASSIFIED
Ако
HRD 340/1
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
1 8 JUN 1990
(244)
471727
MDLOAN 6479
DESK OFFICER
REGISTRY
INDEX
PA
Action Taken
FOLLOWING TELEGRAM NOW REPEATED TO YOU AT REQUEST OF HKD WAS RECEIVED FROM BTC HONG KONG TELEGRAM NUMBER 171 OF 24020OZ MAY
AND TO PRIORITY CANBERRA
MY TELNO 353:
INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT
1. RTHK (RADIO) CARRIED A REPORT THIS MORNING QUOTING AN AUSTRALIAN
OFFICIAL SOURCE IN CANBERRA AS SAYING THAT THE GOVERNMENT PLAN TO WRITE TO THE BRITISH FORMALLY REJECTING ANY IDEA THAT AUSTRALIA PROPOSES TO INTRODUCE A SCHEME THAT WOULD ENABLE PEOPLE FROM HONG
KONG TO ACQUIRE A RESIDENCE STATUS WITHOUT LEAVING THE TERRITORY. THE SOURCE SAID THEY WERE VERY UNHAPPY WITH MR MAUDE'S STATEMENT IN
HONG KONG OF 10 APRIL WHICH MADE IT SEEM AUSTRALIA WAS GOING TO CHANGE ITS REGULATIONS: THE IDEA WAS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE AND WOULD NOT WORK.
2. THE SOURCE WAS ALSO QUOTED AS SAYING THAT AUSTRALIA WOULD IN- CREASE ITS INTAKE OF PEOPLE FROM HONG KONG THIS YEAR BY 30 PERCENT TO 15,000. OUR INFORMATION OFFICER WAS QUOTED AS SAYING THAT ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO LEAVE HONG KONG WAS NOT HELPFUL.
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