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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1993

WB SECONDLY,

REALISE

THE

IMPORTANCE

ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE ISSUE OF HKSAR PASSPORTS AND

OF

MAKING EARLY TRAVEL DOCUMENTS,

ACCESS AGAIN,

AND ALSO OF ENSURING CONVENIENCE OF TRAVEL FOR HONG KONG PEOPLE IN THE FUTURE BY SECURING OR MAINTAINING AS FAR AS POSSIBLE VISA-FREE TO OTHER COUNTRIES FOR HOLDERS OF HONG KONG TRAVEL DOCUMENTS. WE HAVE PUT FORWARD PROPOSALS ON THESE TWO SUBJECTS IN THE JLG.

WELL

BEFORE THE HKSAR;

HKSAR

AND

OUR OBJECTIVE IS THAT EACH PERSON SHOULD BE CLEAR, 1997, OF HIS OR HER POSITION REGARDING RIGHT OF ABODE IN AND THAT ALL PERSONS WILL BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR THE APPROPRIATE TRAVEL DOCUMENT, WITH, WHERE APPLICABLE, A RIGHT OF ABODE ENDORSEMENT, FROM 1 JULY 1997 ONWARDS, SO AS TO ENSURE CONVENIENT TRAVEL INTO OUT OF HONG KONG.

SENTIMENTS

BY

OF

AND WILL

THAT

EXPRESSED THE

AGREES WITH THE ADMINISTRATION MEMBERS ON THE NEED TO ENSURE AND GIVE PRACTICAL EFFECT TO FREEDOM MOVEMENT FOR HONG KONG PEOPLE AFTER 1997. WE ARE DOING, CONTINUE TO DO, ALL WE CAN TO THAT END. WE DO, HOWEVER, BELIEVE THE BEST WAY TO DO THIS IS TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON THE GUARANTEES ALREADY PROVIDED IN THE JOINT DECLARATION, I TRUST THAT WHEN WE ARE CONCLUDE OUR DISCUSSIONS ON THESE ISSUES IN THE JLG AND ARE ANNOUNCE THE ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE FUTURE, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO

NEITHER NECESSARY MANY OF THE CONCERNS RAISED IN THIS DEBATE. IT IS NOR HELPFUL TO PRESS FOR NEW ASSURANCES, WHICH COULD GO THAN THOSE ALREADY PROVIDED IN THE JOINT DECLARATION, AND WHICH INDEED SERVE ONLY TO CALL INTO QUESTION THE GUARANTEES ALREADY

ABLE TO ABLE ΤΟ ALLAY

NO FURTHER

MIGHT

GIVEN.

BN (0)S

ARE MOTION,

WHO AS REGARDS THE SECOND PART OF THE

RIGHT OF ABODE CHINESE CITIZENS, AND, IN ADDITION, BN (0)S WITH NO

THE HKSAR. THIS IS WILL HAVE THE ELSEWHERE,

RIGHT OF ABODE IN

HONG PROVIDED FOR IN THE JOINT DECLARATION AND WILL BE IMPLEMENTED IN

IF ANY OF THESE WERE EXPELLED KONG BY ARTICLE 24 OF THE BASIC LAW.

VERY SERIOUS OR DENIED ENTRY INTO, THE HKSAR, THAT WOULD BE A

ΤΟ AMOUNTING

A BREACH OF THE JOINT DECLARATION.

WOULD OF COURSE CIRCUMSTANCES, THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT

THE RESPONSIBILITY TO RAISE THE MATTER WITH THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT.

GOVERNMENT ON A HAS RAISED WITH THE BRITISH HONG KONG GOVERNMENT NUMBER OF OCCASIONS THE NEED FOR REASSURANCE FOR HONG KONG PEOPLE THIS ISSUE.

FROM, MATTER,

IN SUCH HAVR A

ON

/THE BRITISH