CONFIDENTIAL
HKC 24.1/4
115046
MDLOAN 8830
CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
TELNO 745
OF 17170OZ APRIL 91
(49)
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YOUR TELNO 1080: VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS: IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE
1. WE WERE GRATEFUL FOR THE VIEWS IN TUR. WE HAVE THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS:
(A) REVIEW OF TRANSFERS: WE ARE GLAD THAT YOU WILL BE GIVING THIS IDEA FURTHER THOUGHT. PERHAPS AFTER THE AMENDMENT BILL'S THIRD READING ON 1 MAY YOU COULD PUT YOUR VIEWS TOGETHER, WITH A VIEW TO TELEGRAPHING TOWARDS THE END OF MAY.
(B) SCREENING WITHIN TWO YEARS: WE ASSUME FROM TUR THAT YOU ARE CURRENTLY MEETING THIS AIM. IF THIS IS SO, WE WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU CONTINUE TO MONITOR THE SITUATION AND NOTIFY US IMMEDIATELY IF YOU EXCEED OR SEEM ABOUT TO EXCEED THE TWO YEAR LIMIT.
(C) REVIEW OF LEGISLATION: WE AGREE THAT AN ANNUAL REVIEW WOULD FIT THE BILL WELL. THE PROBLEM IS NOT THAT YOUR POLICY HAS NOT BEEN REGULARLY REVIEWED BUT THAT THERE IS NO FORMAL MECHANISM FOR BRINGING THE RESULTS TO OUR ATTENTION FOR SUBMISSION TO MINISTERS. WE AGREE THAT THE REVIEW WOULD NOT/NOT BE FOR PUBLICATION. AT THIS END IT WOULD BE SEEN ONLY BY OFFICIALS AND MINISTERS DIRECTLY INVOLVED. WE ASSUME THAT THE FIRST REVIEW WOULD ISSUE AT THE END OF 1991.
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WE WERE GRATEFUL FOR THE DRAFT TIMETABLE IN PARAGRAPH 2(D) OF TUR. GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD INFORM US OF ANY SLIPPAGES/CHANGES AS SOON AS YOU ARE AWARE OF THEM.
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See HK Telmo 1738 for fax (b)
Minute to Mr Bruce SE297)
for (a).
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