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FRIDAY, JUNE 1, 1990

PERSONS WISHING TO OBTAIN COPIES OF THE REVISED INFORMATION MEMORANDUM MAY DO SO FROM THE MONETARY AFFAIRS BRANCH AT 24TH FLOOR, ADMIRALTY CENTRE, TOWER 2, 18 HARCOURT ROAD, OR FROM MARKET MARKERS.

ANY

OF THE 14

NOTE TO EDITORS:

THE DEPUTY SECRETARY FOR MONETARY AFFAIRS, MR JOSEPH

WILL MEET MEDIA REPRESENTATIVES THIS AFTERNOON TO REVIEW THE OPERATION OF THE EXCHANGE FUND BILLS PROGRAMME BEYOND THE FIRST 13TH WEEK.

YAM, AND PRINCIPAL ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR MONETARY AFFAIRS, MR K.Y. CHOI,

THE SESSION WILL BE HELD IN THE GIS CONFERENCE FLOOR, BEACONSFIELD HOUSE, CENTRAL, BEGINNING AT 4 PM.

ROOM, FIFTH

COPIES OF THE REVISED INFORMATION MEMORANDUM WILL BE BOXED AT GIS LATER TODAY.

IMMIGRATION POLICY ON ENTRY FOR WORK APPLIED FLEXIBLY

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THE DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION, MR LAURENCE LEUNG MING-YIN, (FRIDAY) EMPHASISED THAT THE GOVERNMENT'S IMMIGRATION POLICY ON FOR EMPLOYMENT IS APPLIED FLEXIBLY AND THAT THE APPLICATION IS KEPT AS SIMPLE AS POSSIBLE.

SPEAKING AT A

LUNCH MEETING OF

PROCEDURE

THE SOCIETY OF HONG KONG TO SATISFY PUBLISHERS, MR LEUNG SAID AS LONG AS AN EMPLOYER WAS ABLE

IN NEED THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT THAT HIS COMPANY WAS JUSTIFIABLY

EXPATRIATE STAFF MEMBER AND THE OF AN

PROSPECTIVE

WAS EMPLOYEE PROFESSIONALLY QUALIFIED AND WOULD BE PAID THE GOING MARKET WAGES, EMPLOYMENT VISA WOULD NORMALLY BE ISSUED WITHIN SIX WEEKS.

AN

"THIS INCLUDES TWO WEEKS FOR DESPATCH OF MAIL TO AND

HE SAID, BRITISH VISA POST WHERE THE APPLICATION IS MADE,

FROM THE

MR LEUNG SAID THAT WHILE THE POLICY HAD BEEN LIBERALLY APPLIED,

USR THERE WERE STILL INDICATIONS THAT EMPLOYERS WERE NOT MAKING FULL

THAT OF IT TO MEET THEIR LEGITIMATE DEMANDS BECAUSE SOME WERE WORRIED

PROCESSING TIME TOO THE PROCEDURES MIGHT BE TOO COMPLICATED AND THE LONG.

PROCESSED

"IF THERE IS A NEED FOR THE APPLICATION TO BE SPEEDILY, AN APPLICANT MAY REQUEST THE VISA POST CONCERNED TO HIS APPLICATION TO HONG KONG BY TELEX ON PAYMENT OF A FEE.

MORE FORWARD

AND

"IT WILL BE HELPFUL IF HE CAN PROVIDE THE TELEPHONE NUMBER

DATE ON WHICH HE THE CONTACT ADDRESS OF HIS SPONSOR AS WELL AS THE INTENDS TO TRAVEL TO HONG KONG.

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