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Question: can I take it it is the last chance. You know time is running out. How much more time...
Chief Secretary: We want to put the Bill forward with the agreement of the Chinese and clearly we are giving every possible opportunity to the Chinese to comment on the Bill. Because as you know the draft Bill has been ready some months but it is because we very much want to have the agreement and the co- But operation of the Chinese on this draft Bill that we have waited until now.
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also realise that time is running very short and there is not much time left. So, I repeat again I very much hope that the Chinese will let us have an ... approval at the next expert group meeting or very, very shortly after that.
Question: (PWC's criteria for Hong Kong citizens after 1997)
Chief Secretary: There are a number of questions, outstanding questions, and issues to be resolved concerning immigration matters. Who is a permanent Hong Kong resident, who has a right of abode and what sort of travel documents there will be after 1997. These are all questions that we are anxious to discuss and resolve with the Chinese side. As you know the Director of Immigration will be going up very shortly to continue his informal discussions with the Chinese and I very much hope that this next round of discussion will produce some concrete result. I think the Chinese are fully aware that the community here is very concerned about these issues and I am sure that both sides will work very hard to try and resolve these issue as soon as possible.
End/Saturday, April 22, 1995
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