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FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
LONDON SW1
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UNCLASSIFIED
SAVING DESPATCH
HKK 18/10
From the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
To the Governor HONG KONG
19 November 1971
No 380
HONG KONG IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE 1971
1. I enclose a copy of a letter from Mr R D Peachey of Hay
Road Hong Kong.
2.
Since Mr Peachey has had to wait a considerable time for
the reply to his letter, it is considered that a reply in some
detail should now be prepared.
Provided, therefore, that
you see no objection I should be grateful if you would have a reply sent, on my behalf, álong the following lines:
(a) It is regretted that the reply has been delayed, but
the final form of the legislation to which he refers
was not determined until shortly oefore its enactment
in October.
(b) The Ordinance as enacted does not impose any additional
restrictions on the freedom of entry into Hong Kong
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of citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies.
1969 the Hong Kong Government enacted legislation
which extended to Commonwealth citizens the controls
which it operated, through a system of visas and re-entry permits, over the entry of aliens into the
Colony. The circumstances in which the 1969
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