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R. D. Clift, Esq.
Hong Kong and General Department
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
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I attach a copy of a petition to Her Majesty the Queen, together with a summary translation, from a Mr. YUNG Shui-ying.
2.
Mr. Yung, in his petition, is requesting permission to enter Hong Kong from Macau. He first submitted a petition to the Governor in August 1980, which was treated by the Director of Immigration as a first application for permission to enter Hong Kong. It was turned down, in accordance with the current policy of freezing the issue of entry permits to all applicants from Macau in view of the great number of applications from immigrants newly arrived in Macau from China. Mr. Yung again petitioned (twice) in March 1981, and his petitions were rejected on similar grounds. In April 1981 he petitioned His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. He was then advised, as Section 173 of Colonial Service Regulations require, that it is inappropriate to send to members of the Royal Family, other than the Queen, memorials requesting intervention in matters of Government; and informed that he could submit his petition to the Governor for transmission to the Secretary of State if he wished so to petition the Queen. This he has now done.
3. Mr. Yung, now aged 44, was resident in Hong Kong for about 2 years, from 1956, which is far less than the 7-year requirement to qualify for stay in Hong Kong as a 'Chinese resident' under the Immigration Ordinance. only connection here in Hong Kong is a younger brother. Mr. Yung claims to have suffered "considerable hardship" in China, but that does not appear to be a humanitarian factor of sufficient substance to warrant an exception to current policy in his case. I concur with the Director of Immigration's earlier decision not to consider his application.
4. Subject to your consideration of Mr. Yung's petition, I attach a draft reply which I should be grateful if I may be authorised to send him.
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(L. M. Davies)
Secretary for Security
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Dear Sir,
The Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth
Affairs has authorised me to reply to your petition of 16th June 1981
to Her Majesty the Queen.
Your request for entry to Hong Kong has been considered
most carefully by the Director of Immigration, Hong Kong. However
due to the present influx of immigrants from China to Macau and the
great number of applications from these new arrivals for entry to
Hong Kong, the Director of Immigration has suspended consideration
of all such applications, however deserving. I am to say that the
Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs concurs with
this decision.
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HK & General Dept., F.C.O.
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Yours faithfully,
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(L.M. Davies) Secretary for Security
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Summary Translation
820/E/81
This letter dated 16th June 1981 addressed to Her Majesty
the Queen is from YUNG Shui-ying (alias Tong Wong) of Block 9, 3rd floor, 13 Rua Dois (Bairro da Arei Preta) Macau. The writer has written to H.E. the Governor a number of times for permission to come to H.K. from Macau. He now hopes the Queen could help him in the matter. YUNG
came to H.K. from China in April 1956. He became a H.K. resident and
was issued with an identity card No. 429535A. In October 1958, when
in visited relatives in China, he was branded by the Chinese Government
as a counter-revolutionary agent and was sentenced to 20 years imprisonment. His case was eventually vindicated by the Chinese authorities and he was set free on 14th Sept. 1978. However, the
Chinese Government would not let him return to H.K. He, therefore,
left China illegally and sneaked into Macau on 9th July 1979. He has no one to rely on in Macau and has been finding life hard there. He has a brother, YUNG Ping-hay, residing at Rm. 1516, Hing Tai House, Tai Hing Estate, Tuen Mun, Hong Kong. This brother has been supporting
him by remitting money to Macau. It is the writer's earnest hope
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that Her Majesty would direct the HK authorities to let him return to
Hong Kong.
Date of Receipt: 18/6/8) Date of Arenal..
22/6/87
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