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WEDNESDAY, JULY 6, 1994

MR LAM SAID ELIGIBLE VESSEL OPERATORS COULD APPLY FOR QUOTA FROM THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT.

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HE EXPLAINED THAT THE DECKHANDS WERE NOT CLASSIFIED AS "IMPORTED LABOUR" AS THE BULK OF THEIR DUTIES WERE ΤΟ HELP WITH FISHING OUTSIDE HONG KONG WATERS AND THEIR CONTRACTS OF EMPLOYMENT

WERE ENTERED INTO OUTSIDE HONG KONG.

MINIMUM WAGE LEVEL AND THE SCHEME HAS NO EFFECT ON THE GENERAL SCHEME ON LABOUR IMPORTATION,

CHINA

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HK RESIDENTS DETAINED IN CHINA

TWELVE HONG KONG RESIDENTS WHO WERE AS A RESULT OF COMMERCIAL

REPORTEDLY

DETAINED IN

DISPUTES

SOUGHT HELP FROM THE

GOVERNMENT IN THE PAST THREE YEARS.

THIS WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, MR ALISTAIR ASPREY, IN A REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON HUANG CHEN-YA IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

OF THE 10 CASES, ONLY TWO CASES, INVOLVING THREE DETAINEES, ARE OUTSTANDING; ALL OTHER DETAINEES HAVE BEEN RELEASED.

"THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES HAVE RESPONDED TO OUR

IN ONLY ONE CASE."

REPRESENTATIONS

HE NOTED THAT MOST OF THE CASES WERE RELATED то STATE OR

COLLECTIVE ENTERPRISES.

"WE HAVE MADE REPEATED REQUESTS TO THE CHINESE AUTHORITIES FOR CLARIFICATION OF THE LEGAL BASIS FOR THE DETENTIONS AND FOR ACCESS FOR THE DETAINEES' FAMILIES, LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES AND COLLEAGUES."

THE REPRESENTATIONS HAD BEEN MADE THROUGH THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE IN LONDON OR THROUGH THE BRITISH BEIJING, MR ASPREY SAID.

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