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WEDNESDAY, MAY 23, 1990

"BUT I CAN ASSURE MEN ERS THAT PROMPT ACTION HAS BEEN TAKEN то RESOLVE THE MORE IMMEDIATE PROBLEMS IN THE PSPS DEVELOPMENTS UNDER COMPLAINT."

ME HSU POINTED OUT THAT THE GOVERNMENT'S MAIN OBJECTIVE IN

THE SCHEME WAS TO PRODUCE, AS FAR AS PRACTICABLE, FLATS WHICH WERE BUILT AND MANAGED TO SIMILAR STANDARDS AS HOME OWNERSHIP SCHEME PROJECTS DEVELOPED BY THE HOUSING AUTHORITY ITSELF.

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"THE AUTHORITY HAS HITHERTO PLAYED AN ADVISORY AND ROLE IN THIS SCHEME, HE ADDED.

SUPERVISORY

DISCUSSIONS ON CASES OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT MOTHERS

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THE CASES OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT MOTHERS WHO WERE REPATRIATED

JANUARY IN TO CHINA

1988 HAVE BEEN DISCUSSED WITH THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES ON MANY OCCASIONS, WITH THE

OF ENSURING RETURN OF THE MOTHERS TO HONG KONG.

AIM

THE

EARLY

THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON ALISTAIR ASPREY,

IN REPLY TO LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THIS TODAY (WEDNESDAY) FROM THE HON TAM YIU-CHUNG.

A

TOLD THE QUESTION

ONE-WAY PERMITS, WE HOPE REASONABLY NEAR FUTURE.

THEY WILL

"ALTHOUGH THEY HAVE HAD TO TAKE THEIR PLACE IN

GET THEIR PERMITS

THE

QUEUE FOR WITHIN THE

AND "IN THE MEANTIME I UNDERSTAND THAT HUSBANDS

CHILDREN CAN CLOSE FAMILY VISIT WIVES REGULARLY TO MAINTAIN

TIES AND THAT THE HE MOTHERS ARE ABLE TO VISIT THEIR FAMILIES HERE ON TWO-WAY PERMITS, SAID.

MR ASPREY SAID TO THE BEST OF HIS KNOWLEDGE, ONE ILLEGAL JANUARY IMMIGRANT MOTHER FROM THE GROUP OF 56 REPATRIATED TO CHINA IN 1988 HAD RETURNED TO HONG KONG.

"IN JANUARY 1988, IN RESPONSE TO A QUESTION IN THIS COUNCIL, HOLDERS THE THEN SECRETARY FOR SECURITY SAID THAT MOST ONE-WAY PERMIT HAD OBTAINED THEIR ONE-WAY PERMITS WITHIN THREE YEARS OF APPLICATION.

"HE BASED THIS ON INFORMATION OBTAINED AT THAT TIME FROM PEOPLE WHO HAD COME TO HONG KONG ON ONE-WAY PERMITS. HIS REPLY WAS NOT

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A PROMISE, MR ASPREY SAID.

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