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WE PROPOSE TO EMPHASISE THE POSITIVE ASPECTS
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THAT OUR AGREEMENT IS ROUGHLY IN LINE WITH OUR OWN PROPOSALS;
THAT IT IS SIGNED BY BOTH SIDES AND SPELLS OUT, FOR THE FIRST TIME AND IN SOME DETAIL, THE EXISTING ARRANGEMENTS, WHICH WILL ENABLE MORE PRACTICAL CO-OPERATION HENCEFORTH;
IT PROVIDES WELCOME RELIEF TO THE SPLIT FAMILIES AND HELPS SOLVE THE PROBLEM FOR THE SARG WHICH WILL BE CAUSED BY THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF HONG KONG RESIDENTS IN CHINA WHO QUALIFY FOR RIGHT OF ABODE HERE IN 1997.
THE STARTING POINT OF MEETING LEGCO IS TO REPORT ON THE PROGRESS OF OUR PROPOSAL TO THE CHINESE ON INCREASING THE NUMBER OF ONE WAY PERMITS COWPS) TO ABSORB THOSE CHILDREN WHO WILL HAVE THE RIGHT OF ABODE IN HONG KONG AFTER 1997; THAT THIS PROPOSAL IS BEING IMPLEMENTED AND THAT WE WILL BE VERIFYING DETAILS OF THE APPLICATIONS BEFORE THE OWPS ARE ISSUED. IF ASKED WHY THE INCREASED QUOTA WAS ACTIVATED BEFORE OUR PROPOSAL WAS PUT TO THE CHINESE, WE SHOULD POINT OUT THAT ALTHOUGH THERE WAS A HICCUP IN THE LONG ESTABLISHED PRACTICE OF CONSULTATION ON THIS OCCASION, WE HAVE NOW RE-ESTABLISHED A PRACTICAL MODUS OPERANDI AS A RESULT OF THE DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION'S DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CHINESE.
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