UNCLASSIFIED
3300
MDLIAN 6136
ALAN MORRIS, SAID THAT THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT WOULD NOT CHANGE ITS IMMIGRATION POLICY TOWARDS HONG KONG.
CANADA
11. THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT HAD ANNOUNCED A TEMPORARY FREEZE ON IMMIGRATION APPLICATIONS UNDER THE 'INDEPENDENT CATEGORY' TO REDUCE THE HUGE BACKLOG OF APPLICATIONS WORLD-WIDE, AND HAD ISSUED A DIRECTIVE PROHIBITING ALL ARRIVALS WHO HAD NOT YET OBTAINED CITIZEN STATUS BUT HAD THEN LEFT THE COUNTRY FOR MORE THAN 183 DAYS A YEAR SOON AFTER LANDING FROM RE-ENTERING THE COUNTRY.
SWITZERLAND
12. THE SWISS BUSINESS COUNCIL HAD SUBMITTED A PROPOSAL FOR A CORPORATE MIGRATION PROGRAMME TO THE SWISS CONSULATE GENERAL IN HONG KONG IN A BID TO RETAIN KEY PEOPLE WORKING FOR SWISS
COMPANIES HERE.
U.S
M
16. THE SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST (1.2) REPORTED THAT THE RESPONSE
OF AMERICAN COMPANIES IN HONG KONG APPLYING FOR U.S. IMMIGRATION
FOR THEIR LOCAL EMPLOYEES UNDER A SPECIAL SCHEME COULD EXHAUST THE 12,000-VISA QUOTA FOR THE FIRST YEAR OF A THREE-YEAR
PROGRAMME.
WILSON
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MAIN
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HD/CONSULAR D
HKD
HD/FED
NEWS D
HD /NTCD
PUSD
DISTRIBUTION
78
PS
PS/LORD CAITHNESS
PS/MR LENNOX-BOYD
PS/PUS
MR MCLAREN
MR BLATHERWICK
MR BURNS
ALDITIONAL 11
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