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FM BTC HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE F C O
TELNO 8
OF 08100OZ JANUARY 92
PERSONAL FOR COX, HKD
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MDHIAN 8319
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YOUR TEL 01 OF 3 JANUARY: BRITISH UNDERTAKINGS
1. THANK YOU FOR THIS INFORMATION. I LOOK FORWARD TO RECEIVING THE 455 ENDORSED COMPANIES (JUST RECEIVED) (AS WELL AS THE
ADDITIONAL 88 HONG KONG BASED CONCERNS ALSO SUBMITTED UNDER COVER OF ECO 014/8 OF 19 DECEMBER) FOR ONWARD TRANSMISSION TO
GOVERNMENT HOUSE.
2. MY TELNO 372 WAS A RE-TRANSMISSION ORIGINALLY DESPATCHED ON 13 DECEMBER. THE REFERENCE THEREFORE TO OVER 500 COMPANIES STILL TO BE PROCESSED INCLUDED ALL THE COMPANIES PUT BEFORE THE SPECIAL
ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON 18 DECEMBER RESULTING IN 166 BEING APPROVED AND EVEN MORE BEING REJECTED (WE WERE ALSO AWARE THAT 441 COMPANIES HAD BEEN SUBMITTED ON 14 NOVEMBER). THOSE THEN APPROVED WERE SENT TO YOU ON 19 DECEMBER. THERE REMAIN JUST OVER 100 COMPANIES STILL TO BE PROCESSED ON WHICH WE ARE STILL WORKING. SINCE THE MAJORITY ARE HONG KONG BASED, MOST OF THE WORKLOAD WILL AGAIN FALL ON THIS OFFICE.
3. I APPRECIATE THE DIFFICULTIES YOU FACE CLEARING THE OUTSTANDING UK BASED COMPANIES WHEN SO LITTLE INFORMATION HAS BEEN PROVIDED. THIS ILLUSTRATES BETTER THAN ANYTHING THE PROBLEMS THIS OFFICE HAS HAD IN DEALING WITH THE 2500 PLUS COMPANIES SUBMITTED TO THE COMMITTEE SINCE THE INCEPTION OF THIS EXERCISE.
4. ONCE WE HAVE CLEARED THOSE CURRENTLY IN THE PIPELINE AND THE 100 COMPANIES ON WHICH WE ARE CURRENTLY WORKING REFERRED TO IN PARA 2 ABOVE, THERE SHOULD NOT BE MANY MORE. WE MAY GET JUST A FEW MORE NAMES FROM IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT INCLUDING COMPANIES PRODUCING NEW EVIDENCE FOR RECONSIDERATION BUT THE EXERCISE SHOULD BE ALL BUT COMPLETE.
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