CO129-604-6 Immigration- control over entry from China 1-1-1947 - 4-1-1950 — Page 62

AIDE MEMOIRE.

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1.

In accordance with the provision of the

Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong, 1898,

Chinese nationals can enter Hong Kong freely.

In an official statement explaining the objects

and reasons for the enactment of the Expulsion of

Undesirables to the Ordinance, 1949, the Hong

Kong Government seems to imply that the free

ingress into Hong Kong was granted to the Chinese

as a matter of tradition. It is however the view

of the Special Commissioner for Foreign Affairs

that the enactment of the Expulsion Ordinance

does not in any way affect the right of the

Convention, 1898, nor can the Ordinance be

construed as to have altered in any way the

treaty obligation assumed by Great Britain

under the said Convention.