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FRIDAY, AUGUST 5, 1983
GOVERNOR LEAVES FOR LONDON
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THE GOVERNOR, SIR EDWARD YOUDE, LEFT HONG KONG TONIGHT FOR LONDON.
HE WAS SEEN OFF AT THE AIRPORT BY THE CHIEF SECRETARY SIR PHILIP HADDON-CAVE, THE COMMANDER BRITISH FORCES, MAJOR- GENERAL DEREK BOORMAN, THE SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, SIR SZE-YUEN CHUNG AND THE SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR ROGER LOBO.
SIR PHILIP HAS BEEN APPOINTED ACTING GOVENOR DURING SIR EDWARD'S ABSENCE.
PASSPORT ENDORSEMENT WORDING CHANGED
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FOLLOWING REPRESENTATIONS MADE DURING THE VISIT TO LONDON BY THE GOVERNOR AND UNOFFICIAL MEMBERS OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL IN EARLY JULY, HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT HAVE NOW AGREED THAT THE ENDORSEMENT +HOLDER IS SUBJECT TO CONTROL UNDER THE IMMIGRATION ACT 1971+ NEED NO LONGER BE INSERTED ON PAGE 5 OF THE PASSPORTS OF BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZENS.
INSTEAD AN ENDORSEMENT WILL BE INSERTED, WHERE APPROPRIATE, BY THE GOVERNMENTS OF DEPENDENT TERRITORIES TO STATE THAT THE HOLDER HAS THE RIGHT OF ABODE IN A PARTICULAR DEPENDENT TERRITORY.
IN THE CASE OF HONG KONG, THE ENDORSEMENT WILL READ +HOLDER HAS THE RIGHT OF ABODE IN HONG KONG+,
THE GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT, WHEN LAST NOVEMBER HMG AGREED TO THE USE OF THE NATIONALITY STATUS BRITISH IN BDTC PASSPORTS, IT HAD DONE SO ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT THE IMMIGRATION CONTROL ENDORSEMENT HAD BEEN INSERTED IN ALL DEPENDENT TERRITORIES PASSPORTS SINCE 1973. IT WAS NOT THEREFORE THOUGHT TO BE A NEW REQUIREMENT.
HOWEVER THE SPOKESMAN ADDED, THIS REQUIREMENT HAD BEEN OVERLOOKED IN HONG KONG AND ITS INCLUSION HAD AROUSED STRONG FEELINGS, IT WAS IN RECOGNITION OF THESE STRONG FEELINGS THAT HMG HAD AGREED NOT ONLY TO THE USE OF THE NATIONALITY DESCRIPTION BUT ALSO THE DELETION OF THE ENDORSEMENT ON PAGE 5 OF THE PASSPORT.
THE SENIOR UNOFFICIAL MEMBER OF EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, SIR S.Y. CHUNG SAID HE AND HIS COLLEAGUES WERE VERY GRATIFIED THAT MINISTERS HAD UNDERSTOOD THE CONCERN FELT IN HONG KONG THAT THERE SHOULD BE NO MISUNDERSTANDING OVERSEAS ABOUT THE STATUS OF BDTC PASSPORTS AND, HAD THEREFORE, AGREED TO THIS CHANGE.
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BANK, DTC ORDINANCE CHANGES PROPOSED
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AMENDMENTS TO THE DEPOSIT-TAKING COMPANIES ORDINANCE AND THE BANKING ORDINANCE ARE PUBLISHED IN TODAY'S GAZETTE.
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