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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, OTTAWA, HKGO WASHINGTON
MY TELNO 24: POLISH IMMIGRATION
SUMMARY
KOSTECKI EXPLAINS PLANS FOR ATTRACTING INVESTORS AND SETTLERS FROM HONG KONG AND, MORE GENERALLY, THE FAR EAST.
DETAIL
1. KOSTECKI CALLED THIS MORNING. HE SAID THAT HE HAD DISCUSSED THE RECRUITMENT OF HONG KONG CHINESE TEACHERS WITH EVANS (CULTURAL COUNSELLOR) AT THE BHC IN OTTAWA AND HAD ALSO ASKED FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE HONG KONG HOUSING AUTHORITY. HE WAS KEEN TO KNOW WHETHER THERE WERE ANY LESSONS TO BE LEARNED FROM THE LATTER
IN HELPING TO IMPROVE THE DEPLORABLE HOUSING SITUATION IN POLAND. HE HAD EXPECTED TO FIND MATERIAL WAITING FOR HIM HERE:
NONE HAS ARRIVED.
2. ON THE TEACHERS, I SOUNDED A DISCOURAGING NOTE ABOUT THE PROSPECTS OF KHF ASSISTANCE OR ANYTHING WHICH SMACKED OF OFFICIAL BRITISH ENCOURAGEMENT FOR HONG KONG CHINESE TO LEAVE THE COLONY. KOSTECKI UNDERSTOOD OUR REASONS, BUT NEVERTHELESS MADE CLEAR THAT HE HOPED TO BE ABLE TO ATTRACT SOME HONG KONG CHINESE TEACHERS TO POLAND. HE MENTIONED A JESUIT UNIVERSITY
IN NOVA SCOTIA THROUGH WHICH HE HOPED TO WORK.
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KOSTECKI WENT ON THAT THE PRIME PURPOSE OF HIS CURRENT TRIP TO POLAND WAS TO PREPARE FOR A VISIT OF HONG KONG CHINESE BUSINESSMEN WHO WERE INTERESTED IN INVESTING AND POSSIBLY SETTLING IN POLAND. HE UNDERLINED THE IDEOLOGICAL' CASE FOR ATTRACTING IMMIGRANTS FROM HONG KONG AND OTHER PACIFIC RIM COUNTRIES: POLAND COULD BENEFIT FROM THEIR MODEL OF DEVELOPMENT. MOREOVER, THOSE WHO CHOSE NOT TO SETTLE PERMANENTLY, BUT EVENTUALLY TO RETURN TO CHINA, MIGHT FIND THE EXPERIENCE OF LIVING AND WORKING IN A POST-COMMUNIST COUNTRY USEFUL. HIS CONTACTS WITH THE HONG KONG CHINESE COMMUNITY IN CANADA SUGGESTED THAT THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE
INTEREST IN COMING TO POLAND (JUST AS THERE WAS IN GOING TO THE US, CANADA OR HUNGARY).
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