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oppose the complete reversal that has taken place in the policy. The Reform Club advocates that refugees should be allowed to enter if they comply with one of the following three conditions:
They have close relatives in Hong Kong, (this can easily be checked from the list of Registration of Persons) or they are genuine political refugees, provided that they afterwards take no active part in organising opposition from Hong Kong to any country, or
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they want to go to another place.
In the third instance, they should be given two weeks to make alternative arrangements before depoting them back.
All refugees must also be made aware of their right to appeal to the Governor before they are returned. Indeed the Government should consider setting up a small committee to deal with this question rather then putting the full respon- sibility on one single man the Director of Immigration. There are sometimes cases of hardship which should be allowed to remain in Hong Kong but are not covered by the policy under which the Director is working.
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The Reform Club does not think that it is harmful to Hong Kong if the U. K. Army Personnel is to be reduced as was announced recently. If, heaven forbid, there is a future war, the present strength would be comparatively ineffective. However, on analysing that strength, we find that about 3,000 represent the U. K. personnel, 4,500 represent the Gurkhas and a thousand odd are locally enlisted. The Reform Club advocates that the locally enlisted personnel be taken over by the Hong Kong Government and expand it so as to cover the reduction in the strength of the Overseas Army.
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