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TELELETTER HONG KONG
TELELETTER NFR
OF 02180OZ SEPTEMBER 88
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037626
MDTTAN 0593
KD 243/8
RECEIVED IN A
- 5SEP 1988
DESK OFFICER
DA
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INDE
FROM R FOOTMAN, HONG KONG DEPARTMENT, F CO
TO M HANSON ESQ, SECURITY BRANCH
VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE: EDUCATION OF CHILDREN
1.
WE NOTE FROM THE 1 SEPTEMBER GIST AN ARTICLE BY TONG YUK-HON
IN TA KUNG PAO CONCERNING REMARKS ATTRIBUTED TO THE GOVERNMENT
THAT VIETNAMESE CHILDREN ASSIGNED TO ATTEND SCHOOL IN CHO YIU
ESTATE ARE QUALIFIED TO BE PERMANENT RESIDENTS OF HONG KONG.
TONG SAYS THIS IS IN BREACH OF THE JOINT DECLARATION.
2. I WOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD LET ME KNOW WHAT WAS IN FACT
SAID, AND WHAT THE POSITION IS ON THIS QUESTION. I HAD THOUGHT
THAT CHILDREN BORN IN HONG KONG TO VIETNAMESE BOAT PEOPLE WOULD
NOT (NOT) QUALIFY FOR HONG KONG CITIZENSHIP/RESIDENCE.
SIGNED R FOOTMAN
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