TUESDAY, MAY 1, 1990
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FEE OF
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$230. A MTP FOR SOCIAL A MTP FOR BUSINESSMEN,
A MTP WILL BE ISSUED AT VISITORS WILL TAKE TWO WEEKS TO ISSUE, FOUR WEEKS.
A MTP CAN BE RENEWED IN HONG KONG IN TWO DAYS' TIME BY EITHER THE APPLICANT OR HIS SPONSOR BY CALLING AT THE VISITOR SECTION OF
AT IMMIGRATION HEADQUARTERS
SIXTH FLOOR, WANCHAI TOWER
II,
GLOUCESTOR ROAD, HONG KONG,
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"SINGLE JOURNEY PERMITS WILL REMAIN AVAILABLE TO THOSE SOCIAL VISITORS WHO DO NOT NEED MULTIPLE VISIT FACILITIES OR WHO REQUIRE A LONGER PERIOD OF STAY THAN SEVEN DAYS, THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
PUBLIC URGED TO COMMENT ON BILL OF RIGHTS
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THE GOVERNMENT TODAY (TUESDAY) CALLED ON MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC TO EXPRESS THEIR VIEWS ON THE DRAFT HONG KONG BILL OF RIGHTS BEFORE THE CONSULTATION PERIOD ENDS ON MAY 16.
THE GOVERNMENT HAS SO FAR RECEIVED SIX WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS SINCE THE TWO-MONTH CONSULTATION EXERCISE BEGAN ON MARCH 16.
IN ADDITION TO THESE WRITTEN SUBMISSIONS, A NUMBER OF GROUPS AND INDIVIDUALS HAVE EXPRESSED THEIR VIEWS ON THE DRAFT BILL THROUGH VARIOUS OTHER CHANNELS, SUCH AS PUBLIC FORUMS AND THE NEWS MEDIA.
THIRTEEN DISTRICT BOARDS AND THE HEUNG YEE KUK HAVE ALSO DISCUSSED THE DRAFT BILL AT THEIR MEETINGS.
THESE VIEWS HAVE BEEN CLOSELY MONITORED BY THE GOVERNMENT.
THE SPOKESMAN NOTED THAT MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL HAD FORMED AN AD HOC GROUP TO EXAMINE THE DRAFT BILL, AND OFFICIALS FROM THE CONSTITUTIONAL AFFAIRS BRANCH AS WELL AS THE LEGAL DEPARTMENT HAD BEEN INVITED TO SOME OF THE MEETINGS OF THE AD HOC GROUP TO EXPLAIN THE VARIOUS PROVISIONS OF THE DRAFT BILL.
"ALL THESE VIEWS WILL BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION WHEN THE GOVERNMENT PREPARES A FINAL BILL FOR RE-SUBMISSION TO THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL, THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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"THE BILL IS EXPECTED TO BE INTRODUCED TO THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL IN JULY THIS YEAR, HE ADDED.
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