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AND WHILE LEGISLATORS RECOGNIZE THAT IT PUTS STABILITY AND

PROSPERITY AT RISK, IT NEVERTHELESS PROVIDES ESSENTIAL SAFETY

VALVE THEY SEE VOLUME OF EMIGRANTS DICTATED BY NUMBER OF

PLACES OFFERED BY FOREIGN COUNTRIES.TEEY KNOW WELL CDAS

POSITION ON RIGHT OF ABODE SCHEMES BUT NEVERTHELESS ASKED

WHETHER QUESTION COULD NOT BE RECONSIDERED. THEY ALSO EXPRESSED

STRONG SUPPORT FOR NEW USA DELAYED DEPARTURE SCHEME, WHEREBY

KEY EMPLOYEES (UP TO 36,000) OF USA FIRMS IN EKONG WILL BE

ELIGIBLE FOR VISAS VALID FOR 10 YEARS.LEGISLATORS URGED CDN

SIDE TO CONSIDER SUCH SCHEME, WHICH THEY SEE AS HELPFUL IN

KEEPING PEOPLE WHO OTHERWISE WOULD EMIGRATE, IN H≤ONG.

6.IN SUPPORT OF THEIR THEORY THAT WHAT IS NEEDED ARE QUOTE

PASSPORTS OR VISAS TO STAY UNQUOTE, THEY STATED THAT ONLY

AROUND TWO HUNDRED FAMILIES HAVE LEFT FOR SPORE UNDER SCHEME

THAT ALLOWS UP TO 25 000 HKONG RESIDENTS TO EMIGRATE WITH A

VISA VALID FOR FIVE YEARS, WITH POSSIBLE EXTENSION FOR FURTHER

FIVE.IN THEIR VIEW, THERE ARE LESS THAN HALF MILLION PERSONS

WHOSE TALENTS AND SKILLS ARE ESSENTIAL TO HKONG AND WHOSE

DEPARTURE WOULD DEAL SEVERE BLOW TO ANY PROSPECT OF FUTURE

PROSPERITY.MEMBERS EXPRESSED HOPE THAT GLOBALLY, FOREIGN

COUNTRIES WOULD BE ABLE TO DELIVER SIMILAR NUMBER OF PASSPORTS

OR VISAS THAT WOULD KEEP THIS CRITICAL CORE HERE IN HKONG.

7.LEGISLATORS ALSO SUPPORTED VIEWS EXPRESSED BY MARTIN

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