CONFIDENTIAL
FILE
MEETING OF MR SUDHOFF, GERMAN PUS EQUIVALENT, WITH THE PUS, FCO
9 FEBRUARY
HONG KONG
HICP 340/1
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
24FEB 1990
Objective
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REGISTRY
PA
Action Taken
To encourage the Federal Government to take measures to help to retain key personnel in Hong Kong.
Points to Make
As you know, exodus of talent from Hong Kong is a problem which we take very seriously. Hope that others who benefit from business with Hong Kong will take it seriously too.
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Impact of our nationality package would be greatly enhanced if Federal Government and Hong Kong's other major trading partners could follow our lead by taking comparable measures as part of international response to meet crisis of confidence in Hong Kong
post-Tiananmen.
Appreciate the major immigration problem you currently face. Objective of our package, and comparable measures we hope others will take, is not to encourage immigration but to give people the confidence to remain in the territory so that they can continue to
contribute to its success.
Understand that Auswaertiges Amt and Interior Ministry already considering possible ways in which you could provide assurances to
Such a move key personnel employed by German firms in Hong Kong.
would be very welcome provided it helps to anchor such people in
Hong Kong.
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