TNAG-1665-FCO40-2314-Hong-Kong-employment-issues-and-ordinances-foreign-domestic-1987 — Page 227

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UNCLASSIFIED

FM BTC HONG KONG

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELNO BTC 25

OF 170855Z FEBRUARY 87

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FOR CONSULAR DEPT, FCO

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EMPLOYMENT OF YOUNG PERSONS ABROAD

1.

I REFER TO ECA 5104 AND 5105 OF 7 NOVEMBER 1986, BOTH DOCUMENTS

(COPIED TO YOU) FROM THE BOW STREET MAGISTRATES' COURT COVER ING

LICENCES GRANTED TO CAROL LYNNE THORNLEY AND JULIETTE MARIA JONES. COPIES WERE FORWARDED TO US BY THE CONSULATE IN SHANGHAI,

WHERE THEY HAD BEEN SENT IN ERROR.

2. THIS CONSULATE HAS BEEN UNABLE TO VISIT MACAU FOR ROUTINE

CONSULAR WORK FOR SOME WEEKS NOW, AND I UNDERSTAND THAT THE MAGISTRATES' COURT ARE PRESSING FOR A CONSULAR REPORT ON THE

WELL-BEING OF THORNLEY AND JONES.

3.

GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD ASSURE THE CHIEF CLERK AT BOW STREET

THAT A CONSULAR REPORT WILL BE TELEGRAPHED TO YOU BY THE END

OF FEBRUARY, AND EXTEND OUR APOLOGIES TO THE COURT FOR FAILING TO

MEET THEIR REQUIREMENTS EARLIER.

HOLLOWAY

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HMLN AN 8741

MINIMAL

CONSULAR D.

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