WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 18, 1989
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IDEA ON PASSPORTS WORTH PURSUING: GOVERNOR
THE GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID THE IDEA OF ALLOWING HONG KONG PEOPLE TO OBTAIN FOREIGN PASSPORTS WITHOUT REQUIRING THEM ΤΟ LEAVE IS WORTH PUTTING ACROSS IN WASHINGTON.
SIR DAVID DESCRIBED THE IDEA AS A NEW WAY OF LOOKING AT THINGS WHEN SPEAKING TO REPORTERS IN WASHINGTON ON TUESDAY (OCTOBER 17).
"WHETHER OR NOT IT CAN BE DONE AND HOW IT CAN BE DONE IS SOMETHING THAT WOULD HAVE TO BE WORKED OUT HERE ON THE HILL.
"IT WOULD REQUIRE A DIFFERENT SORT OF APPROACH. IT DOESN'T IN WITH THE NORMAL PATTERN OF IMMIGRATION," SIR DAVID SAID.
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THE GOVERNOR POINTED OUT THAT HIS CONCERN WAS TO EXPLAIN THE NEED AS HE SAW IT OF HONG KONG AND HOPED THAT SENATORS AND MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES WOULD FIND WAYS OF MEETING THOSE CONCERNS AND FITTING IN WITH THE LEGISLATIVE TRADITION OF THE UNITED STATES.
ASKED HOW MUCH SUPPORT THERE WAS FOR THE IDEA, SIR DAVID SAID: "I THINK IT'S AN IDEA WHICH IS JUST BEGINNING TO BE LOOKED AT. I WOULDN'T PUT IT STRONGER THAN THAT. IT'S A NEW IDEA AND IT ALWAYS TAKES A BIT OF TIME FOR ANY NEW IDEA TO TAKE ROOT."
THE GOVERNOR YESTERDAY HAD ANOTHER BUSY ROUND
DC, MEETING SENATORS AND LEADERS OF CONGRESS
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WASHINGTON,
HILL.
RELATIONS
VISITS IN ON CAPITOL
HE MET MEMBERS OF THE NATIONAL COMMITTEE ON UNITED STATES-CHINA INCLUDING MR ROBERT STRAUSS, FORMER U.S. TRADE REPRESENTATIVE. HE LATER MET SENATOR ALAN SIMPSON, THE SENATE MINORITY WHIP AND ASSISTANT REPUBLICAN LEADER.
IN THE AFTERNOON, HE MET A KEY STAFF MEMBER OF THE JUDICIARY COMMITTEE'S SUB-COMMITTEE ON IMMIGRATION, REFUGEES INTERNATIONAL LAW,
HOUSE AND
SIR DAVID ALSO MET SENATOR LLOYD BENTSEN, CHAIRMAN OF THE SENATE FINANCE COMMITTEE; SENATOR CHARLES ROBB, WHO IS A MEMBER OF THE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE; AND REPRESENTATIVE STEPHEN SOLARZ AND MEMBERS OF THE ASIA-PACIFIC SUB-COMMITTEE.
THE GOVERNOR'S LAST MEETING OF THE DAY WAS WITH MR DAN ROSTENKOWSKI, CHAIRMAN OF THE HOUSE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE.
IN THE EVENING, THE GOVERNOR AND LADY WILSON ATTENDED A DINNER GIVEN IN THEIR HONOUR BY THE BRITISH AMBASSADOR IN ANTHONY ACLAND.
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