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Summary Record of a Courtesy Call paid by the Political Adviser, Hong Kong, Mr R J T McLaren in Peking on the Head of the WED of the Chinese MFA in Peking on 10 March 1982 at 11 am
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After a brief review of the good working relations between Hong Kong and China, Mr McLaren asked Mr WANG if he had any news of progress in the consideration by the Chinese authorities of the proposals made by the British side in November 1981 concerning a reduction in the number of Chinese legal emigrants to Hong Kong. Mr McLaren said that the Hong Kong Government hoped to achieve a considerable reduction in the number of PRC citizens entering Hong Kong for permanent settlement or with one way visitors permits.
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Mr WANG said that the MFA has been discussing the problem with other departments concerned, and were gathering their views on the matter. He said that the Chinese side had an interest in the continued prosperity and stability of Hong Kong. However, on some special questions there was a need for consultations. He hoped the matter could be settled quickly.
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Mr McLaren said he was grateful for what Mr WANG had said, and for the MFA a positive approach to the question. He thought that if fewer Chinese went to Hong Kong for permanent settlement, and if it were possible to send back to the People's Republic visitors who over-stayed, it might be possible to make arrangements for Hong Kong to receive more visits by PRC citizens.
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Mr WANG referred to the need to improve communications between Hong Kong and the Shenzhen area. Mr McLaren said that he had accompanied the Governor on a visit to Shenzhen in January, when Sir Murray MacLehose had expressed Hong Kong's willingness to do all it could to help in Shenzhen's development. The Xinhua office in Hong Kong had been told the previous week that the Hong Kong side was now ready to have talks at expert level on most aspects of the problem. Mr McLaren said he hoped that the Chinese side would produce specific proposals to be discussed in those meetings.
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The meeting, which was very friendly throughout, lasted about 35 minutes,
Political Adviser's Office
Hong Kong
26 March 1982
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