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WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 9, 1991

THESE INCLUDED SEGREGATING TUNNEL AND NON-TUNNEL TRAFFIC AT THE APPROACH ROADS, ADJUSTING BUS-ONLY-LANES AT CERTAIN CRITICAL LOCATIONS, ADDING A LANE NEAR THE EXCELSIOR HOTEL AND WIDENING VICTORIA PARK ROAD. PLANS TO RECONSTRUCT AND UPGRADE THE CAUSEWAY BY A FLYOVER WERE ALSO IN HAND.

NOTWITHSTANDING THESE

SOLUTIONS WERE NECESSARY, AND

EFFORTS, HE SAID, MORE PERMANENT HE LOOKED FORWARD TO RECEIVING THE TRANSPORT ADVISORY COMMITTEE'S ADVICE AT A FURTHER MEETING TO BE HELD IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

POLICY ON ENTRY OF VISITORS FROM EASTERN EUROPE,

SOVIET UNION BEING REVIEWED

THE GOVERNMENT IS REVIEWING THE POLICY ON THE ENTRY OF VISITORS FROM EASTERN EUROPE AND THE SOVIET UNION AGAIN TO SEE WHETHER FURTHER RELAXATION OF VISA REQUIREMENTS FOR NATIONALS OF HUNGARY AND CZECHOSLOVAKIA, AND CERTAIN OTHER COUNTRIES, MAY BE INTRODUCED.

THE ACTING SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, THE HON IAN STRACHAN, INFORMED THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL THIS TODAY (WEDNESDAY) IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON MARTIN BARROW.

MR STRACHAN NOTED THAT THE COUNCIL HAD BEEN INFORMED ON JULY 11 LAST YEAR OF CERTAIN CHANGES TO THE POLICY.

HE SAID SUCH CHANGES, WHICH CAME INTO EFFECT ON JULY 16 LAST YEAR, WERE:

* VISITORS FROM THE GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC (EAST GERMANY) WOULD BE TREATED IN THE SAME WAY AS VISITORS FROM THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY (WEST GERMANY), THAT IS, THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO VISIT HONG KONG FOR UP TO 30 DAYS WITHOUT A VISA; AND

VISAS FOR THE PURPOSE OF TOURISM AND SIGHTSEEING WOULD BE AVAILABLE TO VISITORS FROM CZECHOSLOVAKIA, HUNGARY AND POLAND.

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