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10. QUOTING AN FCO SPOKESMAN IN HK, CHRISTOPHER OSBORNE, THE PAPERS (15.11) REPORTED THAT THE PRIVATE SECTOR WOULD BENEFIT MORE THAN THE CIVIL SERVICE FROM A NATIONALITY PACKAGE FOR HK PEOPLE. HE SAID THAT THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT WOULD TRY TO STRIKE A BALANCE IN A NATIONALITY PACKAGE SO THAT PEOPLE IN BOTH THE PRIVATE AND PUBLIC SECTORS WOULD BE GIVEN AN EVEN CHANCE TO BE GRANTED THE RIGHT OF ABODE IN THE UK.
11. THE CHAIRMAN OF THE US HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES SUB-COMMITTEE ON ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS, STEPHEN SOLARZ, AND ANOTHER CONGRESSMAN HAD PROPOSED IN THE HOUSE A BILL CALLING FOR AN IMMIGRATION INSURANCE POLICY FOR HK PEOPLE, SEVERAL PAPERS (15.11) REPORTED. THE BILL SAID THE JUNE 4 INCIDENT HAD CREATED A SERIOUS CONFIDENCE CRISIS IN HK, WHICH WOULD AFFECT AMERICA'S SIX BILLION-U S DOLLAR DIRECT INVESTMENT IN HK AND TRADE WITH THE TERRITORY. IT CALLED ON BRITAIN TO DRAW UP AN INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE POLICY TO GIVE HK PEOPLE BEFORE 1997 THE RIGHT OF ABODE OVERSEAS.
12. THE MEDIA (16.11) REPORTED THAT THE AMERICAN HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES' SUB-COMMITTEE ON ASIAN AND PACIFIC AFFAIRS HAD PASSED A RESOLUTION URGING PRESIDENT BUSH IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT TO ORGANISE AN INTERNATIONAL EFFORT TO PROVIDE A SAFETY NET FOR HK PEOPLE IN CASE THINGS WENT WRONG AFTER 1997. THE PACKAGE WOULD ENABLE HK PEOPLE TO POSSESS THE RIGHT OF ABODE IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES WHILE CONTINUING TO LIVE IN HK. HOWEVER, THE SCM POST (16.11) REPORTED THAT THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION DID NOT HAVE THE INTENTION OF ENCOURAGING AN IMMIGRATION ESCAPE FOR HK PEOPLE BEFORE 1997.
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SINGAPORE PRIME MINISTER LEE KUAN YEW HAD URGED PROFESSIONALS IN HK TO UNITE AND BARGAIN WITH PEKING FOR GUARANTEES OVER THE FUTURE, THE SCM POST (18.11) REPORTED. MR LEE SAID THAT HK PROFESSIONALS SHOULD TELL PEKING THAT UNLESS THEIR INTERESTS AND THOSE OF THEIR OFFSPRING WERE GUARANTEED, THEY WOULD LEAVE HK BEFORE 1997. MR LEE HOPED THAT THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY WOULD GRANT PASSPORTS TO 200 000 FAMILIES IN HK SO THAT HK COULD ACQUIRE BARGAINING POWER. THE STORY WAS PICKED UP BY A NUMBER OF PAPERS (19.11).
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THE OVERSEAS EDITION OF THE PEOPLE'S DAILY CARRIED A BY- LINED ARTICLE IN FAZHI RIBAO OF PEKING WHICH LASHED OUT AT THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT FOR ATTEMPTING TO INTERNATIONALISE THE HK QUESTION, THE MEDIA (19.11) REPORTED. THE ARTICLE NOTED THAT
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