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SECRETARY OF STATE'S MEETING WITH CHINESE FOREIGN MINISTER
HUANG HUA, 2 NOVEMBER
HONG KONG
HEK
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INDUK
RECUSTRY Action Tave.
POINTS TO MAKE
Immigration from China
1. Legal and illegal immigration from China remains a very
serious problem.
2. Appreciate difficulties on Chinese side and recognise
that efforts have been made to bring down numbers.
3. But numbers still much too high 250,000 in last 22 months
and more coming at a current rate of over 210,000 a year. These
numbers cannot be absorbed without serious effects on Hong Kong's
economy and stability. Therefore urge Chinese to bring numbers
down to manageable proportions.
Particularly concerned about
renewed steep rise in illegal immigration. Security forces
have arrested average of over 600 a day in the last week.
Would be helpful if Premier Hua could announce at Press
Conference that effective steps will be taken.
Vietnamese Refugees
4.
Grateful for agreement to take back Vietnamese refugees
who had settled in China.
Property Leases in the New Territories
5.
Sorry Chinese found our proposals unnecessary and inappro-
priate. They were designed to deal with a genuine short-term
problem in a way that would not prejudice Chinese position on
long-term future of Hong Kong.
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