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The Director of Immigration will require additional staff and accommodation to implement the proposal. It would be the intention to provide central facilities for handling new arrivals from China, thus allowing the Department's offices, which are now heavily congested with Chinese immigrants, to concentrate on providing immigration and registration services for Hong Kong residents. It is estimated that
additional temporary staff will be required at a cost of $
per month which will be partly offset by revenue from the fee of $65 per extension. This number will be reduced as the hoped for reduction in the outflow from China occurs.
Publicity
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The changes are likely to be welcomed by the public as indicating that action is being taken to restrict the flow of legal immigrants. It will also be welcomed by those who have drawn attention in the past to the illogicality of the present arrangements. There can be expected to be some adverse comment from those entering from Kwangtung and about the inconvenience which more frequent attendance at Immigration offices poses, but this is unlikely to be on any significant scale or secure much sympathy from the public.
Advice sought
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Honourable Members will be asked to advise whether the existing arrangements for the admission of new arrivals from China should be modified as proposed in paragraph 1.
(The Secretary for Security (Mr L. M, DAVIES), the Political Adviser (Dr D.C. WILSON) and the Director of Immigration (Mr R. G. B. BRIDGE) will attend before the Council for the discussion of this item)..
29th December 1978 (SCR 6/2091/55 XII)
COUNCIL CHAMBER
G.S. 166
CONFIDENTIAL 機密
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