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MDLIAN 0698
QUOTED THE CHIEF SECRETARY, SIR DAVID FORD, AS SAYING THAT HE ESTIMATED THAT SOME 54,000 HONG KONG STUDENTS WHO GRADUATED OVERSEAS WOULD RETURN TO THE TERRITORY BETWEEN NOW AND 1996.
NEW ZEALAND
17. THE SCM POST REPORTED THAT A MAJOR REVIEW OF IMMIGRATION POLICIES BY THE NEW ZEALAND GOVERNMENT WAS EXPECTED TO RESULT IN TIGHTER RULES ON ASPIRING BUSINESS MIGRANTS BUT MAKE IT EASIER FOR YOUNGER PEOPLE TO MIGRATE THERE.
BRITISH NATIONALITY PACKAGE
18. THE MEDIA REPORTED THAT THE HONG KONG IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT HAD SO FAR RECEIVED 1,900 COMPLETED APPLICATION FORMS. IT WAS NOTED THAT THE BRITISH CHAMBER OF COMMERCE IN HONG KONG WAS CONCERNED THAT EMPLOYEES OF BRITISH FIRMS IN HONG KONG HAD BENEFITED VERY LITTLE FROM THE SCHEME AND THAT IT HAD WRITTEN TO THE HOME OFFICE ON THE ISSUE.
WILSON
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.HONG KONG AGREEMENT
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HKD
HD/FED
NEWS D
ADDITIONAL
3
DISTRIBUTION
61
PUSD
RAD
PS/LORD CAITHNESS
PS/MR LENNOX-BOYD
MR MCLAREN
MR BURNS
MS BARRETT LEGAL ADVISERS MR FIFOOT LEGAL ADVISERS
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE (LONDON)
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