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HONG KONG IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE

6.

As to reference to the Hong Kong Immigration Ordinance,

it is considered bad practice to relate UK law directly to the

laws of a Dependent Territory, which may be changed without

reference to the UK Parliament. Furthermore, the Immigration

Ordinance will not stand beyond 30 June 1997, whereas this Order

is intended to remain in effect indefinitely. It would not be

appropriate to have to refer after 1997 to an Ordinance which

was no longer extant.

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