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b. They play an important role in society.

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A large majority of them apparently regard their life hore as a temporary expedient and hope to return to Hong Kong in the future,

If we could agree to such an increase it would at least ehow that we were trying to help and it might serve to mitigate, at least to some extent, the bitterness of feeling which our new immigration legislation is bound to foster in Hong Kong.

1 Aril 1971

Laird

Hong Kong Thepartment

0.0 Mr. Wilford

Mr. Batt (Altantic & indien Green Dept) Miss “mory (Pacific Dependent Territories Dept) Mr. Poanett (W I Dept)

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