Registry
No.
HKK 18/10
DRAFT
LETTER
SECURITY CLASSIFICATION
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PRIVACY MARKING
In Confidence
Ben T Ford Esq MP
House of Commons
Type 1 +
From
Mr Royle
Telephone No. & Ext.
Department
The Immigration Ordinance at C is the copy which should
be sent to
Mar Ford
In his letter of 9 August Joe Godber undertook
to send you a copy of the new immigration legislation
An Hong Kong. The Bill was duly enacted on 13
October and I enclose a copy of the resulting
Immigration Ordinance.
You may find the following
comments helpful by way of explanation of certain
aspects of the legislation.
In 1989 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, on the entry of aliens
into the Colony. Controls of this nature over the
entry of Commonwealth citizens had already been
imposed by most countries, both inside and outside
the Commonwealth, and the Hong Kong Government
considered at the time that it was necessary in the
Colony's own interests that they should take
similar action.
The new Ordinance does not impose any additional
restrictions on the freedom of entry into Hong Kong
of citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies.
Visas are not required in the case of citizens of
the United Kingdom and Colonies who hold United
Kingdom passports issued in the United Kingdom
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