UNCLASSIFIED
025620 MDLIAN 5604
NOT TO APPLY UNDER THE BRITISH NATIONALITY SCHEME SO THAT THEY COULD CONTINUE TO WORK IN THE ADMINISTRATION AFTER 1997.
MIGRANTS RETURNING.
18.
DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION REGINA IP SAID THAT A HOUSEHOLD SURVEY CONDUCTED BY THE CENSUS AND STATISTICS DEPARTMENT ESTIMATED THAT 10 TO 30 PER CENT OF HK PEOPLE WHO HAD ACQUIRED FOREIGN NATIONALITY WERE RETURNING TO THE TERRITORY AND THAT FEWER PEOPLE WERE EXPECTED TO EMIGRATE THIS YEAR.
US VISAS
19.
THE SCMP POST AND MING PAO (15.12) SAID THAT HK'S MILLIONAIRES WOULD BE ALLOWED TO TAKE UP A MAXIMUM OF ONLY ABOUT 250 OF THE 10,000 VISAS THE US HAD PLANNED TO ISSUE ANNUALLY TO BUSINESSMEN WILLING TO INVEST USD 1 MILLION IN A US BUSINESS AND HIRE 10 AMERICANS.
HUNGARY
20. GEORGE BOROS OF HK INVESTMENT (EASTERN EUROPE) TOLD THE SUNDAY STANDARD THAT THE HUNGARIAN GOVERNMENT HAD EARMARKED 5,000 VISAS FOR LOCAL BUSINESSMEN LOOKING FOR AN ESCAPE ROUTE BEFORE
1997.
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DISTRIBUTION
61
.HONG KONG AGREEMENT
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(RESTRICTED)
LIMITED
HKD
HD/FED
NEWS D
PUSD
RAD
PS/LORD CAITHNESS
PS/MR LENNOX-BOYD
MR MCLAREN
MR BURNS
ADDITIONAL
3
MS FOAKES LEGAL ADVISERS
MS BARRETT LEGAL ADVISERS NNNN
MR FIFOOT LEGAL ADVISERS
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