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the record being used or regarded as

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an official one. The Secretary of State

informed the delegation that 'hey would give

careful consideration, in consultation

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Lord Shepherd, to the points raised in the

You wachs, be asked to convey has reply memoranda and that a reply would be sent to

that a

and suggestion to reply

them in the usual manner.

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32. The following are our comments on

the points raised in the memoranda:

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(i) Immigration (employment voucher system)

You will have seen

A copy ie enclosed of the

statement made by the Minister of

Labour in Parliament on 26 February

in the form of a written reply to a

Parliamentary Question on this

subject.

The statement sets out the

new arrangements for the allocation

of employment vouchers for

Commonwealth immigrants to this

country. Hong Kong should benefit

from the new arrangements insofar

as:

(a) the new criteria for Category A

vouchers will not apply to the

dependent territories, and

(b) there is to be a separate quota

of 600 employment vouchers per

annum allocated specifically

for applicants from dependent

territories, with the proviso

that as a general rule no one

territory may receive more than

50% of the quota. These arrange

ments are not affected in any

way by the Commonwealth

Immigrants Act of 1968.

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