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NETWORK ON LOCAL JOB OPENINGS WITH SOME CITIES IN THE US AND CANADA TO LURE HK EMIGRANTS BACK TO THE TERRITORY. HE WAS ALSO QUOTED AS SAYING THAT HE EXPECTED THAT MOST OF THE RESIDENTS WHO HAD EMIGRATED IN THE EARLY 1980S WOULD RETURN TO HK BY 1992 WHEN HEY SHOULD HAVE OBTAINED THEIR PERMANENT RESIDENCE.
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THE MEDIA (4.11) QUOTED A FIRST SECRETARY OF THE CANADIAN COMMISSION IN HK, ROBERT DESJARDINS, AS SAYING THAT THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT HAD BEEN GIVEN A VERBAL ASSURANCE THAT CANADIAN CITIZENS OF HK ORIGIN WHO WOULD STAY IN HK AFTER 1997 WOULD BE TREATED AS FOREIGN NATIONALS AND THAT OTTAWA WOULD BE SEEKING TO GET THIS CONFIRMED IN WRITING BEFORE 1997. DENMARK WAS TO OFFER AN EMIGRATION SAFETY NET TO HK STAFF OF DANISH COMPANIES AND THE DANISH FOREIGN MINISTER WOULD ARRIVE IN HK ON NOVEMBER 7 TO DISCUSS THE PACKAGE WITH LOCAL BUSINESSMEN, THE SCMP POST (6.11) REPORTED. LEGCO MEMBER MARTIN LEE SAID THAT HE WOULD CONTINUE HIS EFFORTS TO SEEK CANADA'S AGREEMENT TO EXTEND THE VALIDITY OF
VISAS ISSUED TO HK PEOPLE THROUGH TO THE YEAR 2002.
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