WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 31, 1990
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BRITAIN'S DECISION ON PASSPORTS WELCOMED
THE
*
GOVERNMENT'S BRITISH
KONG
DECISION
LAST
FAMILIES HAS
BEEN
TO DECEMBER
WELCOMED
PASSPORTS TO 50,000 HONG TERRITORY, THE HONG KONG COMMISSIONER IN THE UNITED KINGDOM, YAXLEY, SAID RECENTLY.
SPEAKING AT THE ROYAL
GRANT THE
IN MR JOHN
SAID THE WHOLE BRITAIN, AND MAKE
HE LEAGUE, OVER-SEAS PURPOSE OF THE EXERCISE WAS NOT TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO COME TO BUT TO GIVE THEM SUFFICIENT CONFIDENCE TO STAY IN HONG KONG IT WORK.
ARE THE KEY PLAYERS IN ENCOURAGE THEM TO THE
"THE HEADS OF THESE 50,000 FAMILIES HONG KONG'S SUCCESS STORY. IF NOTHING WAS DONE TO
THEM, WOULD EMIGRATE WITHIN STAY THEN MANY, PROBABLY MOST NEXT FEW YEARS WITH CATASTROPHIC EFFECT FOR HONG KONG'S ECONOMY.'
OF
IT WAS AN INSURANCE AND A CONFIDENCE BUILDING MEASURE, HE SAID, AND IT WAS GRATIFYING TO SEE THAT THE BRITISH SENSE OF FAIR JUSTICE
PREVAILED IN
RESPONSIBILITY.
THIS
LAST
MAJOR
EXERCISE
OF
PLAY AND IMPERIAL
THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT TO CONVINCE THE BASIC LAW SHOULD ENSHRINE THE REGARDING DEMOCRACY, HE SAID.
ANOTHER CONFIDENCE BUILDING MEASURE WAS THE CURRENT
CHINESE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE
EFFORT BY
WISHES
OF
THAT THE HONG KONG
MR YAXLEY TOLD HIS AUDIENCE THAT THERE
OF GOVERNMENT AND, FOR A MORE DEMOCRATIC SYSTEM PROGRESSIVE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF LEGISLATURE.
DIRECTLY
WAS MOUNTING PRESSURE
PARTICULAR, IN ELECTED SEATS IN
A THE
"
"IT IS THEREFORE A MATTER OF GREAT INTEREST AT THIS TIME AS
THE 1991 WHAT ARRANGEMENTS THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT WILL MAKE FOR 1995 ELECTIONS TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, ARRANGEMENTS FOR REMAINS RESPONSIBLE.
то
AND WHICH IT
MR YAXLEY WAS CRITICAL OF AMERICA'S STAND OVER THE QUESTION
VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE THE MANDATORY REPATRIATION OF
OF
WHO
WERE NOT
POLITICAL REFUGEES.
TO DECLINE THE MANDATORY HE
DECISION AMERICA'S SAID
"AND I MIGHT REPATRIATION PROGRAMME WAS DISAPPOINTING FOR HONG KONG, SAY, NOT A LITTLE HYPOCRITICAL, BEARING IN MIND WHAT THE AMERICANS WITH SOME OF THOSE WHO ATTEMPT TO ENTER THEIR COUNTRY ILLEGALLY."
DO
PEOPLE WHEN THE
HE POINTED OUT THAT THERE WAS NO QUESTION ABOUT FORCING ON TO BOATS AND AEROPLANES AT GUNPOINT. THIS DID NOT HAPPEN FIRST MANDATORY REPATRIATION EXERCISE TOOK PLACE.
ARRANGEMENTS THE
CIVILISED COUNTRY FOR
WERE DEPORTATION.
THE
SAME THE
AS SORT
THOSE
OF
APPLIED ARRANGEMENTS
IN
ANY
APPLY ALMOST DAILY AT HEATHROW AIRPORT WHEN AN IMMIGRANT ATTEMPTED ENTER THE UNITED KINGDOM ILLEGALLY.
THAT TO
/MR YAXLEY