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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1993

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IMMIGRATION (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) BILL 1993 GAZETTED

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A BILL TO AMEND THE IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE IN A NUMBER OF RESPECTS WAS GAZETTED TODAY (FRIDAY).

MINOR

OF THE A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED THAT THE MAIN PURPOSE

WAS THE REMOVAL, AT THE IMMIGRATION (AMENDMENT) (NO. 2) BILL 1993

AND LEGISLATIVE

OF THE REQUEST OF

COUNCIL,

CUMBERSOME

RENEWED EVERY INAPPROPRIATE PROCEDURE BY WHICH SOME PARTS HAVE TO BE YEAR BY THEM.

THESE

THE

PROVISIONS

WERE BROUGHT

IN

AT THE HEIGHT OF THE EXPIRE VIETNAMESE AND CHINESE ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS CRISIS IN 1979. THEY

EXTENDED BY RESOLUTION OF AT THE END OF EVERY CALENDAR YEAR UNLESS THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.

LEGCO "WE AGREE THIS PROCEDURE IS OUTDATED, AS PROMISED IN THE

WE HAVE REVIEWED THESE

AND PROVISIONS,

SUGGESTED LAST DECEMBER,

AND DROPPING OR SLIGHTLY AMENDING OTHERS, MAKING SOME PERMANENT, RATHER

THE FUTURE,

THAN BRINGING THEM FORWARD EVERY

SPOKESMAN EXPLAINED.

YEAR

IN

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ABSOLUTELY NO CHANGE AT ALL ON HE STRESSED THAT THERE WAS GOVERNMENT'S POLICY AGAINST ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS.

THE ILLEGAL "AS EVERYONE IS AWARE,

AND WE STILL IS VERY MUCH STILL WITH US, TOUGH ON THOSE MAKING MONEY OUT OF IT.'

IMMIGRANT PROBLEM ITSELF HAVE TO BE PARTICULARLY

OTHER MINOR AMENDMENTS INCLUDE THE

DEPORTATION PRESENT HEAVY CASELOAD OF COUNCIL TO THE GOVERNOR.

TRANSFER PROPOSED

OF CASES FROM THE GOVERNOR

THE IN

THE BILL

MAXIMUM FINK FOR FROM DOCUMENTATION

ALSO PROPOSED TO INCREASE THE

PASSENGERS WITHOUT PROPER

AIRLINES CARRYING $1,000 TO $10,000 A CASE, IN LINE WITH WORLD TRENDS.

TWO DECADES AND

"THE FINE HAS NOT BEEN UPDATED FOR MORE THAN IS MUCH TOO SMALL NOW; THE NEW LEVEL SHOULD BE ACCEPTED AS AS IT IS STILL LOWER THAN A NUMBER OF OTHER PLACES."

REASONABLE

NEW SENIOR BRITISH TRADE COMMISSIONER ARRIVES ON MONDAY

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THE

NEW SENIOR BRITISH TRADE COMMISSIONER, MR FRANCIS CORNISH, WILL ARRIVE IN HONG KONG ON MONDAY (SEPTEMBER 13).

THE PRESENT SENIOR BRITISH TRADE COMMISSIONER MR DEPARTS HONG HONG TODAY.

HUGH DAVIES

NEW

HE WILL RETURN TO THE TERRITORY IN EARLY OCTOBER TO TAKE UP HIS JOINT POST AS SENIOR BRITISH REPRESENTATIVE TO THE SINO-BRITISH LIAISON GROUP.

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