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ACTION TAKEN WITH NORLING, MINISTRY OF IMMIGRATION. THE SWEDES WOULD APPEAR TO BE LESS FLEXIBLE THAN YOU BELIEVE. NORLING SAID THAT IT WAS ONLY VERY RARELY THAT EMPLOYEES OF SWEDISH FIRMS IN HONG KONG WERE GRANTED RESIDENCE PERMITS. THE SWEDES COULD ONLY EXERCISE SUCH FLEXIBILITY WITH HIGH-RANKING EMPLOYEES AND, EVEN THEN, WOULD GRANT PERMITS OF NO MORE THAN 5 YEARS DURATION. MOREOVER, AS UNEMPLOYMENT BIT DEEPER HERE, THE SWEDISH AUTHORITIES WOULD BE LIKELY TO TAKE A STILL HARDER LINE.
2. NORLING CONFIRMED THAT THERE ARE NO PLANS TO MODIFY EXISTING SWEDISH IMMIGRATION LAW SPECIFICALLY FOR HONG KONG.
OFF-THE-RECORD, HE SAID THAT THE MINISTRY WOULD BE MONITORING THE SITUATION AS 1997 APPROACHED, IN CASE SOME FORM OF REFUGEE PROBLEM DEVELOPED.
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