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THURSDAY, OCTOBER 17, 1991
GOVT REGULARLY REVIEWS VISA REQUIREMENTS
THE TOLD ASPREY,
REVIEWS ITS
ALISTAIR MR SECURITY, FOR THE SECRETARY LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (THURSDAY) THAT THE GOVERNMENT VISA REQUIREMNTS REGULARLY.
MR ASPREY IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON MR MARTIN BARROW,
HAD RELAXED RESTRICTIONS SAID IN THE PAST TWO YEARS, THE GOVERNMENT ON VISITORS FROM THE FORMER 'SOVIET BLOC'.
VISA PROCESSING TIME
"THE EFFECT HAS BEEN BOTH TO REDUCE THE AND TO PERMIT TOURIST VISITS BY THE NATIONALS OF MOST SUCH COUNTRIES.
"WE ARE ALSO AT PRESENT NEGOTIATING VISA WITH CZECHOSLOVAKIA, HUNGARY, AND POLAND,
ABOLITION
"I
HE SAID.
MR
AGREEMENTS
AS
FORMER
WITH AND
SOVIET
THE ΤΟ
SAID Å VIEW STREAMLINING
UNION,
ASPREY WITH REQUIREMENTS
AIM OF THE SPECIFIC
GOVERNMENT WAS NOW REVIEWING ITS VISA
REGARDS THE
RELAXATION,
FURTHER PROCEDURES AND REDUCING THE PROCESSING TIME FOR THE ISSUE OF VISAS.
THE
GOVT'S RESERVATIONS ON CENTRAL PROVIDENT FUND
GOVERNMENT
CONTINUES TO HAVE MAJOR RESERVATIONS
ABOUT A
CENTRAL PROVIDENT FUND.,
AT THE SAME TIME, IT RECOGNISED, AND HAD DONE SO FOR SOME TIME, THEIR THAT THERE WAS A NEED TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE IN RETIREMENT OR IN
MEANS TO MAINTAIN A OLD AGE
HAVE SHOULD
SUFFICIENT REASONABLE STANDARD OF LIVING FOR THEMSELVES.
FINANCIAL
THE SECRETARY FOR EDUCATION AND MANPOWER, MR JOHN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THIS TODAY (THURSDAY) IN REPLY TO A BY THE HON LAU CHIN-SHEK.
CHAN, TOLD QUESTION
LAST
MR CHAN SAID THE QUESTION OF A CENTRAL PROVIDENT FUND WAS
GOVERNMENT'S DEBATED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON JULY 10, WHEN THE POSITION WAS EXPLAINED IN DETAIL.
THE GOVERNMENT'S POSITION WAS THAT IT DID NOT FAVOUR A PROVIDENT FUND OR SIMILAR COMPULSORY RETIREMENT SCHEMES.
CENTRAL
SCHEMES SUCH
WOULD "OUR
RESERVATION MAJOR
WAS THAT, WHILE
A REASONABLE BENEFIT THOSE WHO HAVE BEEN IN STEADY EMPLOYMENT WITH INCOME, THEY WOULD BE UNLIKELY TO BE OF MUCH ASSISTANCE TO THOSE HAVE THE GREATEST NEED FOR RETIREMENT PROTECTION,
"WE WERE ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT THE POSSIBLE IMPACT OF A PROVIDENT FUND OR SIMILAR COMPULSORY SCHEMES ON THE FINANCIAL AND ON THE ECONOMY AS A WHOLE," HE SAID.
WHO
CENTRÁL MARKET
/THE SECRETARY