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WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13,
1989
BILL
HONG INTERNATIONAL
TO
WHICH COVENANT
WOULD
ON
N
THE CHIEF SECRETARY REITERATED THAT THE GOVERNMENT INTENDED ENACT A
KONG OF RIGHTS FOR JUSTICIABLE IMPLEMENT THE RELEVANT PROVISIONS OF CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, AS APPLIED TO HONG KONG.
THE
ENJOYED BY WAY,"
"THERE IS THUS NO QUESTION OF THE RIGHTS CURRENTLY THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG UNDER THE COVENANT BEING REDUCED IN ANY HE SAID.
BAN ON CHANGE OF JOB SPECIFIED IN HELPER'S VISA
*
TO ALLOWED
WORK IN HONG KONG A FOREIGN DOMESTIC HELPER IS FOR A SPECIFIC EMPLOYER UNDER AN APPROVED CONTRACT OF EMPLOYMENT WHICH THE HON IS NORMALLY VALID FOR TWO YEARS, THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, GEOFFREY BARNES, SAID IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY WEDNESDAY).
FROM THE HON ELSIE TV, EMPHASISED THAT CHANGE OF EMPLOYMENT WAS NOT PERMITTED.
REPLYING TO A
QUESTION
MR
BARNES
"THESE CONDITIONS ARE SPECIFIED IN THE VISAS ISSUED TO DOMESTIC HELPERS," HE SAID.
FOREIGN
TWO WEEKS MONTHS OR FOR
AFTER WHICHEVER WAS THE SHORTER PERIOD.
ON ARRIVAL IN HONG KONG, A HELPER'S PASSPORT WAS ENDORSED
REMAIN IN HONG KONG FOR TO A CONDITION OF STAY ALLOWING HER
THE
HER TERMINATION OF
WITH SIX
CONTRACT,
"
"THE CONDITIONS IMPOSED ON THE VISA ARE ALSO PASSPORT. MR BARNES POINTED OUT.
ENDORSED ON THE
AS REGARDS THE LIMITATION OF STAY, MR BARNES EXPLAINED THAT LONG AS THE HELPER REMAINED IN THE SAME EMPLOYMENT, HER STAY WOULD
CONDITIONS OF STAY EXTENDED FOR SIX MONTHS AT A TIME, WITH THE SAME IMPOSED.
80
BE
GUEST HOUSE LICENSING SCHEME SOON
GUEST HOUSES
A BILL TO ENACT
IS EXPECTED
ENABLING LEGISLATION
FOR
TO BE
INTRODUCED
THE LICENSING OF
THE INTO
LEGISLATIVE
COUNCIL DURING THE CURRENT SESSION.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY PETER TSAO, IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN A QUESTION FROM THE HON MARTIN BARROW.
FOR HOMB
THE AFFAIRS.
HON REPLY то
MR TSAO