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WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 23, 1994
MR CHAU REITERATED THAT THE GOVERNMENT CONTINUED TO SUPPORT THE UNCONDITIONAL RENEWAL OF CHINA'S MEN STATUS.
AN UPDATED ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT ON HONG KONG'S ECONOMY SHOULD CHINA LOSE ITS MFN STATUS IN THE U.S.. BASED ON 1993 TRADE STATISTICS, WILL BE AVAILABLE IN MARCH.
HE SAID IN LINE WITH THE GOVERNMENT'S ECONOMIC PHILOSOPHY MINIMUM INTERFERENCE IN THE OPERATION OF MARKET FORCES, DECISIONS HOW BEST TO ADJUST TO CHANGES IN THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT SHOULD LEFT TO BUSINESSMEN THEMSELVES.
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THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT HAVE RECORDS OF THE NUMBER WHICH HAVE NOT BEEN BROUGHT TO COURT BECAUSE OF A DECISION NOT TO SEEK THE DETENTION OF A WITNESS.
THE FIGURES OF CASES WHICH HAVE FAILED IN COURT FOR LACK OF SUCH A WITNESS ARE NEITHER AVAILABLE.
THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR ALISTAIR ASPREY, IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON ANNA WU IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
MR ASPREY SAID THERE WAS A CASE LAST YEAR IN WHICH DEFENDANT WAS ACQUITTED AS AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT WHO WAS REQUIRED GIVE EVIDENCE WAS NOT AVAILABLE, HAVING BEEN REPATRIATED.
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"THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM HAS NOW BERN RESOLVED, HE SAID.
SECTION 63A OF THE IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE WAS AMENDED BY IMMIGRATION (AMENDMENT) ORDINANCE 1993, WHICH ALLOWS FOR THE PROOF AN ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT'S STATUS BY MEANS OF A CERTIFICATE.
"WE ARE NOT AWARE OF ANY PROBLEMS CAUSED BY ATTACKS ON CREDIBILITY OF THE EVIDENCE OF A WITNESS BY REASON OF HIS OR DETENTION UNDER THE IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE, THE SECRETARY SAID.
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