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DEPENDENT TERRITORIES WORK PERMIT QUOTA

Following the statement

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RND Legal Mr Lidington

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December, I would like to turn to the proposal in your letter of 24/1

15 December to Douglas to abolish the Dependent Territories Work Permit Quota (DT Quota). I have seen Douglas' reply suggesting Territories other than that the Quota be retained for Dependent Hong Kong.

I agree with Douglas that the Quota should be retained for these But I also think it Territories and that 50 is the right limit. would be potentially and unnecessarily damaging to put an end to our current Hong Kong Quota at this time, with little benefit.

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The current figure of 150 Hong Kongers is hardly a threat

and, resident labour force;

the point, connection between the Quota scheme, which for more than 20 has provided a small number of opportunities for unskilled workers to help the Chinese catering industry in this country, current proposals for up to 50,000 professional families. such a connection by combining the withdrawal of one,with development of the other would create the wrong impression. could give ammunition to those who criticise the new proposals elitist, and it would produce considerable resentment bitterness among our sizeable resident Chinese community.

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Our Chinese community works predominantly in the catering trade. It is the caterers who largely employ those who fill the Hong Kong Quota. The representative Chinese associations have been pressing for an announcement of the Quota figure, customarily made early in the year, and their caterers will have already recruited in Hong

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