FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1993
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IMMIGRATION (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) BILL 1993 GAZETTED
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A BILL TO AMEND THE IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE IN A NUMBER OF RESPECTS WAS GAZETTED TODAY (FRIDAY).
MINOR
OF THE A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT THE MAIN PURPOSE
WAS THE REMOVAL, AT THE IMMIGRATION (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) BILL 1993
AND LEGISLATIVE
OF THE REQUEST OF
COUNCIL,
CUMBERSOME
RENEWED EVERY INAPPROPRIATE PROCEDURE BY WHICH SOME PARTS HAVE TO BE YEAR BY THEM.
THESE
THE
PROVISIONS
WERE BROUGHT
IN
AT THE HEIGHT OF THE EXPIRE VIETNAMESE AND CHINESE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS CRISIS IN 1979. THEY
EXTENDED BY RESOLUTION OF AT THE END OF EVERY CALENDAR YEAR UNLESS THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.
LEGCO "WE AGREE THIS PROCEDURE IS OUTDATED, AS PROMISED IN THE
WE HAVE REVIEWED THESE
AND PROVISIONS,
SUGGESTED LAST DECEMBER,
AND DROPPING OR SLIGHTLY AMENDING OTHERS, MAKING SOME PERMANENT, RATHER
THE FUTURE,
THAN BRINGING THEM FORWARD EVERY
SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED.
YEAR
IN
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ABSOLUTELY NO CHANGE AT ALL ON HE STRESSED THAT THERE WAS GOVERNMENT'S POLICY AGAINST ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.
THE ILLEGAL "AS EVERYONE IS AWARE,
AND WE STILL IS VERY MUCH STILL WITH US, TOUGH ON THOSE MAKING MONEY OUT OF IT.'
IMMIGRANT PROBLEM ITSELF HAVE TO BE PARTICULARLY
OTHER MINOR AMENDMENTS INCLUDE THE
DEPORTATION PRESENT HEAVY CASELOAD OF COUNCIL TO THE GOVERNOR.
TRANSFER PROPOSED
OF CASES FROM THE GOVERNOR
THE IN
THE BILL
MAXIMUM FINK FOR FROM DOCUMENTATION
ALSO PROPOSED TO INCREASE THE
PASSENGERS WITHOUT PROPER
AIRLINES CARRYING $1,000 TO $10,000 A CASE, IN LINE WITH WORLD TRENDS.
TWO DECADES AND
"THE FINE HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED FOR MORE THAN IS MUCH TOO SMALL NOW; THE NEW LEVEL SHOULD BE ACCEPTED AS AS IT IS STILL LOWER THAN A NUMBER OF OTHER PLACES."
REASONABLE
NEW SENIOR BRITISH TRADE COMMISSIONER ARRIVES ON MONDAY
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THE
NEW SENIOR BRITISH TRADE COMMISSIONER, MR FRANCIS CORNISH, WILL ARRIVE IN HONG KONG ON MONDAY (SEPTEMBER 13).
THE PRESENT SENIOR BRITISH TRADE COMMISSIONER MR DEPARTS HONG HONG TODAY.
HUGH DAVIES
NEW
HE WILL RETURN TO THE TERRITORY IN EARLY OCTOBER TO TAKE UP HIS JOINT POST AS SENIOR BRITISH REPRESENTATIVE TO THE SINO-BRITISH LIAISON GROUP.
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