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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1989

JLG TO MEET IN LONDON

THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE ANNOUNCED

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GROUP

MORNING THAT THE 13TH MEETING OF THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT LIAISON ON HONG KONG WILL TAKE PLACE IN LONDON FROM SEPTEMBER 27 TO 29.

REPRESENTATIVE, THE BRITISH TEAM WILL BE LED BY THE SENIOR ROBIN MCLAREN (ASSISTANT UNDER-SECRETARY OF STATE (ASIA) FCO).

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MR DONALD THE OTHER MEMBERS OF THE BRITISH TEAM WILL BE

(HEAD OF (SECRETARY FOR HOME AFFAIRS, HONG KONG), MR ALAN PAUL

OFFICE MARTIN (COUNSELLOR, KONG DEPARTMENT, FCO), MR BRITISH SENIOR REPRESENTATIVE, SINO-BRITISH JOINT LIAISON GROUP, KONG) AND MR WILLIAM EHRMAN (POLITICAL ADVISER, HONG KONG).

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CHINESE COMMUNITY IN UK URGED TO HELP

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THE CHINESE COMMUNITY IN BRITAIN HAS BEEN URGED TO HELP

PROBLEMS KONG PEOPLE SOLVE THE TERRITORY'S TWO MOST PRESSING

THE NEED RIGHT OF ABODE FOR HONG KONG BRITISH SUBJECTS AND REPATRIATION OF VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE.

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THE FOR

THESE

IN

HONG KONG'S COMMISSIONER IN THE UK, MR JOHN YAXLEY, MADE

LEADERS AND DIGNITARIES COMMUNITY POINTS WHEN HE MET CHINESE EDINBURGH, MANCHESTER AND BIRMINGHAM DURING A RECENT VISIT.

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EXPLAIN SHOULD COMMUNITY CHINESE HE SAID MEMBERS OF THE

"INSURANCE POLICY" THEIR BRITISH FRIENDS AND OTHERS THE NEED FOR AN IN THE SHAPE AND FORM OF THE RIGHT OF ABODE IN THE UK, COULD REMAIN IN THE TERRITORY AND CONTRIBUTE TO ITS FURTHER SUCCESS.

ON THE BOAT

PEOPLE

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SO THAT THEY

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SAID THE ONLY COMMISSIONER THE

PEOPLE BACK WAS TO SEND THESE HUMANE SOLUTION TO THE PROBLEM

THAT

REPATRIATED THOSE VIETNAM. THIS WAS WITH THE GUARANTEE NOT BE PUNISHED.

RESULT OF PEOPLE AND SAID

HE POINTED OUT THE BURDENS PLACED ON HONG KONG AS A

INFLUX OF VIETNAMESE BOAT

THE RECENT MASSIVE

MANDATORY REPATRIATION WAS NECESSARY.

THREE CITIES WAS THE PURPOSE OF MR YAXLEY'S VISIT TO THE MAINTAIN LINKS WITH THE CHINESE COMMUNITIES THERE AND ALSO EXPLAIN BUSINESSMEN THE POTENTIAL THAT EXISTED IN HONG KONG.

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TO TO

CHINESE SPORTS

AND MRS YAXLEY WERE CHIEF IN EDINBURGH, THE COMMISSIONER GUESTS AT THE OPENING CEREMONY OF THE SECOND SCOTLAND DAY HELD AT THE FAMOUS MEADOWBANK STADIUM.

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