his return. If that is your firm position, I must ask
that you at least avoid a hiatus by allowing the present
programme to run on for the necessary period and
permitting a continuation of the
resettlement of family reunion cases
necessary by interpreting generously
earlier resettlement decision.
identification and
from Hong Kong, if
the terms of our
I should also welcome
your early views on what further longer-term resettlement
assistance could be given to Hong Kong.
It is
particularly important that we should act now both to
avoid a short-term hiatus and to prepare for a fresh
The wider consultations
programme in the longer term.
upon which we have now embarked are sure to lead others
to
begin pressing us for
resettlement plans very soon.
details of our future
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