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Immigration Ordiname

Speech by the secretary for Security

in the Legislative Council on Wednesday,

2 December 1987, to the motion

"That Section 18(3) and Parts VIIA and VIIB

of the Immigration Ordinance

shall expire on 31 December 1988"

He said:

Sir,

I move the motion standing in my name on the

Order Paper. It seeks to extend section 18(3) and

Parts VIIA and VIIB of the Immigration Ordinance for

a further year.

lo.

Section 18(3) of the Immigration Ordinance

was first enacted in January 1979 to help the

Government deal with the problem of Vietnamese

refugees. It removes the limit of two months during

which an immigration officer may remove a person

refused permission to land in Hong Kong, if it

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