WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 10, 1990
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GOVERNMENT TAKES STEP TO ENCOURAGE RETURN OF EMIGRANTS
ANXIETIES OF
THE
THE GOVERNMENT HAS DONE WHAT IT CAN TO MEET THE THOSE WHO, OFTEN RELUCTANTLY, HAVE CONSIDERED LEAVING HONG KONG, GOVERNOR, SIR DAVID WILSON, SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
WE HAVE ALSO TAKEN STEPS TO REMOVE
"WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO SO. THE DISINCENTIVES FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO RETURN,
HE SAID.
GOVERNMENT'S
PRIMARY HERE
HOWEVER, THE GOVERNOR STRESSED THAT THE CONCERN WAS WITH THE VAST MAJORITY OF OUR PEOPLE WHO WOULD STAY PERMANENTLY THE REAL HONG KONG BELONGERS.
THE
-
HE SAID THAT HOWEVER SMOOTH THE GOVERNMENT COULD MANAGE TO MAKE
IN
THERE WOULD STATUS
1997, TRANSITION TO HONG KONG'S NEW
SEEK STRONGER PERSONAL BE INEVITABLY
THOSE WHO FELT THE NEED TO SAFEGUARDS FOR THE FUTURE.
"LAST
NOTED
THERE THAT
HAD
BEEN
A SURGE
IN
YEAR,
I APPLICATIONS FOR EMIGRATION.
FOR
TO BE OTHER KEY
"THIS YEAR, ABOUT 62,000 PEOPLE MAY EMIGRATE: THE HIGHEST LEVEL
LIKELY A QUARTER YEARS. NEARLY MANY
TECHNICIANS, PROFESSIONALS, MEMBERS OF THE COMMUNITY," HE SAID.
MANAGERS,
OF THESE
AND BUSINESSMEN
ARE
WELCOMED THE
PROVIDED
AGAINST THIS BACKGROUND, THE GOVERNOR SAID HE ENACTMENT OF THE BRITISH NATIONALITY (HONG KONG) ACT, WHICH FULL BRITISH CITIZENSHIP AND RIGHT OF ABODE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM FOR UP TO 50,000 HONG KONG FAMILIES.
SUBJECT TO PARLIAMENTARY APPROVAL, THE GOVERNMENT INTENDED INVITE APPLICATIONS UNDER THIS SCHEME FROM DECEMBER 1, HE SAID.
THOSE 1997.
"IT
TO
ΤΟ GIVE AND BEYOND
BEARS REPEATING THAT THE OBJECTIVE OF THE ACT 19 SELECTED THE CONFIDENCE TO STAY IN HONG KONG UP TO
THE
WILL BENEFIT
SCHEME,
TERRITORY,
AND
"I HAVE NO DOUBT THAT THE COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE
WHOM THIS FROM THE CONTINUED PRESENCE OF THE PEOPLE SCHEMES INTRODUCED BY OTHER COUNTRIES, WILL KEEP IN THE GOVERNOR SAID.
PT
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