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DESK OFFICKE
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July
15 July 1993
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
(Attn: Mr John Woodrow}
King Charles Street
LONDON SW1A 2AH
Dear Mr Woodrow,
Nepalese workers in Hong Kong
I refer to your faxed message of 9 July enclosing copy of a letter dated 2 July from Sarah Boardman.
Under the current Immigration policy, a person can only be admitted into Hong Kong for employment if he, or she, possesses a special skill, knowledge or experience of value to, and not readily available in Hong Kong, or if he is in a position to make a substantial contribution to the economy of Hong Kong.
We do allow Napalese to take up employment in Hong Kong. For your reference, the following are some statistics of applications approved over the last two years
Year
Categories/No. of Application
(a)
1991
(1)
Domestic Helpers
18
(ii)
Importation of Labour
16
Scheme
[security guards
waiters] *(0.13%)
(iii) Others
37
Total
71
(a)
1992
(1)
Domestic Helpers
28
(ii)
Importation of Labour
Scheme
39
[security guards,
waiters] *(0.38%)
(iii) Others
Total
34 101
* % against the total number of applications approved under the Importation of Labour Scheme.