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010672 MDLIAN 0436''

THE IMMIGRATION LAWS AND REGULATIONS IN FORCE IN SOUTH AFRICA.

(3) SOUTH AFRICAN PASSPORT HOLDERS SHALL BE PERMITTED TO VISIT HONG KONG WITHOUT VISAS FOR A PERIOD NOT EXCEEDING FIFTEEN (15) DAYS ON A RECIPROCAL BASIS AND UNDER ARRANGEMENTS IDENTICAL TO THOSE DESCRIBED IN (1) AND (2) ABOVE.

(4) THE ABOVE ARRANGEMENTS MAY BE TERMINATED BY EITHER GOVERNMENT GIVING NINETY DAYS NOTICE IN WRITING TO THE OTHER GOVERNMENT.

IF THE ABOVE ALSO REPRESENTS THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG THE CONSUL-GENERAL HAS THE HONOUR TO SUGGEST THAT THIS NOTE AND THE CHIEF SECRETARY'S REPLY TO THAT EFFECT SHOULD CONSTITUTE AND UNDERSTANDING BETWEEN THE TWO GOVERNMENTS WHICH

WILL COME INTO EFFECT 30 DAYS AFTER THE DATE OF THE CHIEF SECRETARY'S REPLY.

THE CONSUL-GENERAL OF SOUTH AFRICA AVAILS HIMSELF OF THE OPPORTUNITY TO EXTEND THE CHIEF SECRETARY OF HONG KONG THE

ASSURANCES OF HIS HIGHEST CONSIDERATION.

CHIEF SECRETARY,

HONG KONG GOVERNMENT

UNQUOTE

(2) FROM THE CHIEF SECRETARY OF HONG KONG TO THE CONSUL-GENERAL

OF SOUTH AFRICA

QUOTE

CHIEF SECRETARY, HONG KONG GOVERNMENT

SEPTEMBER 1990

SIR,

THE CHIEF SECRETARY OF HONG KONG PRESENTS HIS COMPLIMENTS TO

THE CONSUL-GENERAL OF SOUTH AFRICA AND HAS THE HONOUR TO ACKNOWLEDGE RECEIPT OF HIS NOTE OF (DATE) WHICH READS

''QUOTE VERBATIM'

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THE CHIEF-SECRETARY OF HONG KONG HAS THE FURTHER HONOUR TO INFORM THE CONSUL-GENERAL THAT THE ABOVE ALSO REPRESENTS THE

UNDERSTANDING OF THE GOVERNMENT OF HONG KONG WHICH CONFIRMS THAT

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