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1488/E/80
Newspaper Cutting from Wen Wei Po dated 22.11.80 (Editorial)
Entry with Travel Documents
It was recently disclosed by A.J. Carter, Deputy Director of Immigration that (the Government) intends to limit the daily quota of legal immigrants from China mainland and consider rejecting holders of
valid six-months' entry permits to renew the same.
Similar speeches could be read from the newspapers before
Carter made such announcement. There seems to be a mutual understanding between the authorities and their people, forming 'public opinion so
that the aim of limiting the entry number of holders of permits could
be achieved.
This is yet another measure adopted by the Hong Kong authorities,
subsequent to her abandoning the "reach-base" policy, something to be
noted and studied.
motive
Some time ago, the virtue behind the Hong Kong Government's
show move to stem illegal immigrants is evidently shame to the public. At the
beginning, she absorbed cheaply the converged labour force contributed
by illegal immigrants from China to make Hong Kong prosperous. When
there were signs of an economic decline and the labour force from all
trades got saturated, the HKG shifted the blame onto the illegal
immigrants and made wide publicity, resorting them to a policy of
restraint. She simply manipulates the situation by mere reference to
the accompanying disadvantages and advantages. She is now thinking of
adopting similar tactics to deal with holders of permits. We do think
that this is an imprudent and contrary to reason, overlooking history
and reality. This is something hard to accomplish.
ن کمی ساده
By history, we mean the history of Hong Kong. Hong Kong which is adjacent to Guangdong could not be severed. Compatriots in Hong Kong and Macau are just like one family all through the generations, with
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