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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 21, 1989
"EXPATRIATES MAKE AN IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION то HONG KONG'S ECONOMY, AND THEY WILL BE ABLE TO CONTINUE TO DO SO AFTER 1997 WHILE ENJOYING ALL FREEDOMS, INCLUDING THE SAME HIGH DEGREE OF FREEDOM OF MOVEMENT INTO AND OUT OF HONG KONG THEY CURRENTLY ENJOY, HE SAID.
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THIS REGARD, I WOULD EMPHASISE THAT AFTER 1997 ΤΟ GRANT PERMISSION FOR SUCH PERSONS TO ENTER AND STAY IN FOR EMPLOYMENT, WILL LIE WITH THE HKSAR GOVERNMENT ALONE.
"THE
DISCRETION THE HKSAR
CHINESE GOVERNMENT WILL HAVE NO SAY OVER THE EXERCISE OF THIS DISCRETION," HE ADDED.
THE CHIEF SECRETARY SAID THE FREEDOM OF TRAVEL OF EXPATRIATES WOULD BE ENHANCED FURTHER IF THEY BECAME PERMANENT RESIDENTS WITH THE RIGHT OF ABODE IN THE HKSAR.
"UNDER THE JOINT DECLARATION, EXPATRIATES MAY ACQUIRE THE RIGHT OF ABODE IF THEY HAVE LIVED FOR A CONTINUOUS PERIOD OF SEVEN YEARS OR MORE IN HONG KONG, AND IF THEY HAVE TAKEN HONG KONG TO BE THEIR PLACE OF PERMANENT RESIDENCE," SIR DAVID SAID.
HE SAID THAT FOLLOWING DISCUSSIONS IN THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP. THE BRITISH AND CHINESE GOVERNMENTS HAD REACHED A COMMON UNDERSTANDING THAT A PERSON MIGHT ESTABLISH THAT HE HAD TAKEN HONG KONG AS HIS PLACE OF PERMANENT RESIDENCE BY SIGNING A SIMPLE DECLARATION.
"IT WILL THUS BE RELATIVELY EASY FOR EXPATRIATES TO BECOME PERMANENT RESIDENTS OF THE HKSAR.
RIGHT OF HERE, WITHOUT
"WITH SUCH A STATUS, THEY WILL ENJOY THE AUTOMATIC ENTRY INTO THE HKSAR, AND THE RIGHT TO LIVE AND WORK BEING SUBJECT TO THOSE IMMIGRATION CONTROLS APPLICABLE PERMANENT RESIDENTS, SIR DAVID SAID.
ΤΟ NON-
EXACT TOLLS WILL NOT RELIEVE TUNNEL CONGESTION
A PROPOSAL TO REQUIRE ALL MOTORISTS TO PAY EXACT TUNNEL TOLLS HAD BEEN FULLY EXAMINED, BUT IT HAD BEEN FOUND THAT THIS WOULD NOT RELIEVE CONGESTION AT OR OUTSIDE THE TUNNELS, THE SECRETARY FOR TRANSPORT, THE HON MICHAEL LEUNG, INFORMED THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY!.
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IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION FROM THE HON DAVID CHEUNG. LEUNG SAID THAT CONGESTION DID NOT RESULT FROM THE LIMITED CAPACITY OF THE TOLL BOOTHS.
"CONGESTION EXISTS BECAUSE THE VOLUME OF TRAFFIC GOING THROUGH THE TUNNEL EXCEEDS THE DESIGNED CAPACITY. HE SAID.
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/MR LEUNG