ANNEX
CONHENTAL
1.
Group Tours Review Meeting. Wu Yi Shan, 4 March
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We agreed that the two tour companies China Travel
Service and Guangdong Tours should have between them an extra
two tours per day to Hong Kong, on top of the existing five
tours per day. The increase would be introduced in phases.
From 18 March they would have an extra forty-five per month,
and the remaining fifteen per month from September.
2.
We agreed that the maximum number of persons on each
tour should be raised from thirty-six to thirty-eight.
3.
The Chinese agreed not to ask for another increase
until the end of 1988.
(on either
or 2 above
4.
We agreed that, for arrivals by sea, in future up to
two tour groups could arrive on one vessel. We have previously
limited this to one per vessel.
5.
We declined to allow groups to use the through train
service (inadequate facilities, and no room to expand at Hung
Hom).
6.
Ji asked for a little more flexibility from our side
over visa extensions in humanitarian cases. We said that we
were ready to look at any such case ad hoc; there could be no
blanket arrangement.
7.
Ji raised two matters unconnected with group tours,
without giving prior notice:
(a)
Immigration Department had recently started stamping the travel documents of Taiwanese
travellers going through Lo Wu. This departure
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