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FM HONG KONG 150838Z NOV 79
TO ROUTINE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE
TELNO.1615 OF 15 NOVEMBER,
INFO HONG KONG GOVT OFFICE LONDON.
WHITE PAPER ON IMMIGRATION.
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THE FOLLOWING PRESS RELEASE WAS ISSUED AT 7 P.M LOCAL TIME ON NOVEMBER 14:
''THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT WHITE PAPER PROPOSING REVISED AND CONSOLIDATED IMMIGRATION RULES GOVERNING ENTRY TO THE UNITED KINGDOM WAS TABLED IN PARLIAMENT TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
THE WHITE PAPER DOES NOT TOUCH ON NATIONALITY WHICH IS A SEPARATE ISSUE FOR DISCUSSION AT A LATER DATE.
THE WHITE PAPER AIMS TO CONSOLIDATE UNDER ONE DOCUMENT ALL THE PROVISIONS AFFECTING COMMONWEALTH CITIZENS AND FOREIGN NATIONALS AND SHOULD NOT BE SEEN AS AN EROSION OF THE SPECIAL STATUS ENJOYED BY COMMONWEALTH CITIZENS OVER FOREIGN NATIONALS..
IN FACT, IT SHOULD EMPHASISE THE DIFFERENCES.
NO CHANGES ARE PROPOSED AFFECTING HONG KONG RESIDENTS VISITING THE UNITED KINGDOM, EXCEPT THAT THEY WILL BE PROHIBITED
FROM TAKING EMPLOYMENT, A CONDITION ALREADY IN PRACTICE IN HONG KONG.
NEITHER ARE STUDENTS AFFECTED EXCEPT THAT THEIR DEPENDENTS WILL BE PROHIBITED FROM TAKING EMPLOYMENT IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.
THE PROPOSALS IN THE WHITE PAPER DO NOT MAKE MORE DIFFICULT THE ENTRY OF GENUINE, FULL-TIME STUDENTS. THEY WILL BE EXPECTED
TO LEAVE AT THE CONCLUSION OF THEIR STUDIES.
UNDER THE WHITE PAPER, PEOPLE ADMITTED FOR TEMPORARY PURPOSES, SUCH AS VISITSS ORR STUDIES, WOULD NOT BE ELIGIBLE TO REMAIN FOR ANOTHER TEMPORARY PURPOSE IF THIS CARRIED WITH IT THE PROSPECT OF EVENTUAL SETTLEMENT. THE DURATION OF A VISITOR'S STAY WOULD
BE LIMITED TO 12 MONTHS,
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