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HONG KONG/JAPAN ASA SEPARATION

Chinese Government have reaffirmed their support for ASA

separation process. No reason why Hong Kong and Japan should not proceed to negotiate a separated ASA.

If you consider it necessary, you could seek further

reassurance on this by approaching Hong Kong and Macao

Office of Chinese MFA.

Look forward to early resumption of talks on ASA

separation.

HONG KONG/JAPAN MULTIPLE ENTRY VISA

- A small but useful step which Japanese Government could

take to demonstrate their support for Hong Kong would be the

early conclusion of agreement on Multiple Entry Visas with Hong Kong Government. This would not only be helpful as

demonstration of Japanese confidence in Hong Kong's future.

It would also have immediate beneficial impact on business

travellers between Hong Kong and Japan.

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Hope Japanese Government will not continue to insist on a

very restrictive definition of business visitors, which would exclude all but a small proportion of Hong Kong companies. Unless this definition can be widened, would be

little purpose in having an agreement at all and almost no time to implement it before the proposed cut-off date in

1994.

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Hope that it will be possible to look at this again.

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