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WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1993

JLG DISCUSSING IMMIGRATION PROPOSALS

THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO AMEND THE IMMIGRATION

ORDINANCE, BY

GRANTING PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS то PERSONS NOT OF CHINESE NATIONALITY, TO BRING IT IN LINE WITH THE BASIC LAW.

THE PROPOSALS ARE UNDER DISCUSSION IN THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP.

THIS

WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR ALISTAIR ASPREY, IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON LEONG CHE-HUNG IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

ARTICLE 24 OF THE BASIC LAW SPECIFIES THOSE CATEGORIES OF PERSONS WHO WILL BE PERMANENT RESIDENTS AND HAVE RIGHT OF ABODE IN THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION.

THIS DIFFERS IN SEVERAL RESPECTS FROM THE PRESENT DEFINITION OF PERMANENT RESIDENT IN THE IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE.

"IT IS OUR INTENTION TO AMEND THE IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE TO BRING IT IN LINE WITH THE BASIC LAW. WE HAVE PUT PROPOSALS TO THIS EFFECT TO THE CHINESE IN THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP.

MR ASPREY SAID THE PROPOSALS INCLUDED THE GRANT OF PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS TO PERSONS NOT OF CHINESE NATIONALITY.

KONG

UNDER ARTICLE 24 OF THE BASIC LAW, PERSONS NOT OF CHINESE NATIONALITY ARE ELIGIBLE TO BECOME PERMANENT RESIDENTS OF THE HONG SAR IF THEY HAVE ENTERED HONG KONG WITH VALID TRAVEL DOCUMENTS, ORDINARILY RESIDED IN HONG KONG FOR A CONTINUOUS PERIOD OF NOT THAN SEVEN YEARS AND HAVE TAKEN HONG KONG AS THEIR PLACE OF PERMANENT RESIDENCE.

HAVE LESS

GOVERNMENT HEADS TO NOMINATE "GREEN MANAGERS"

HEADS OF GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND BRANCHES HAVE BEEN UPON TO NOMINATE THEIR "GREEN MANAGERS" BEFORE THE END OF THIS THE SECRETARY FOR PLANNING, ENVIRONMENT AND LANDS, MR TONY SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

IN A WRITTEN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY THE HON MRS PEGGY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL, MR EASON SAID THE "GREEN MANAGERS" PREFERABLY BE APPOINTED AT DIRECTORATE LEVEL.

CALLED

YEAR,

EASON,

LAM IN WOULD

HE SAID WRITTEN GUIDELINES WOULD BE ISSUED AND A WORKING GROUP FROM AMONG THE "GREEN MANAGERS' WOULD BE ESTABLISHED FOR EXCHANGING VIEWS AND EXPERIENCE, AND MONITORING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THE SCHEME.

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