CONFIDENTIAL
FM LUXEMBOURG
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELNO 50
OF 211515Z MARCH 90
CONFIDENTIAL
142D. 340/1
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
27 MAR 1990
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MDLIAN 8198
DESK OFFICER
INDE
PA
INFO PRIORITY JLG HONG KONG, BTC HONG KONG
1114
YOUR TELNO 605 TO HONG KONG: HONG KONG
SUMMARY
FRY
INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT
1. LUXEMBOURG IS WORKING ON A SCHEME TO ISSUE MULTIPLE ENTRY VISAS BACKED BY GUARANTEES OF WORK AND RESIDENCE PERMITS TO LOCAL
EMPLOYEES OF LUXEMBOURG COMPANIES IN HONG KONG. THEY DO NOT TO ANNOUNCE THE SCHEME PUBLICLY HERE, BUT WILL NOT OBJECT TO OUR MAKING REFERENCE TO IT ONCE IT IS IN PLACE.
DETAIL
PROPOSE
2. YOUR TUR ARRIVED AS I WAS ABOUT TO CALL ON PETERS (CHEF DU PROTOCOL) TO FOLLOW UP MY EARLIER DEMARCHES TO LUXEMBOURG MINISTERS ON THIS SUBJECT (MY TELELETTER OF 24 JANUARY TO PAUL IN HONG KONG DEPT REFERS).
3.
PETERS TELLS ME THAT THE MFA HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THE SCHEME TO PROVIDE LOCALLY EMPLOYED STAFF OF LUXEMBOURG COMPANIES OPERATING IN
HONG KONG WITH THE GUARANTEE OF ENTRY AND RESIDENCE PERMITS FOR LUXEMBOURG. IT IS PROPOSED THAT THE LUXEMBOURG EMPLOYER WILL PROVIDE THE EMPLOYEE, AND THE LUXEMBOURG AUTHORITIES, WITH A LETTER GUARANTEEING A JOB IN LUXEMBOURG ON THE STRENGTH OF WHICH MULTI-ENTRY VISAS WILL BE ISSUED TO THE EMPLOYEE AND HIS DEPENDANTS. THE NUMBERS OF EMPLOYEES INVOLVED WILL BE VERY SMALL TO FIFTEEN.
4.
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PERHAPS EIGHT
PETERS WAS CONCERNED THAT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT MIGHT NOT RECOGNISE THE VALIDITY OF A LUXEMBOURG VISA IN A BRITISH HONG KONG PASSPORT AFTER 1997. I SAID THAT IN THE LAST RESORT WE COULD NOT ANSWER FOR THE CHINESE AFTER 1997, BUT OUR IMMEDIATE CONCERN WAS TO PROVIDE PEOPLE WITH A SAFETY NET WHICH WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO REMAIN IN HONG KONG AT LEAST FOR THE NEXT FEW YEARS, AND HOPEFULLY THEREAFTER.
5. I STRESSED THE NEED FOR URGENCY.
PETERS HAS PROMISED TO TRY TO
GET THE WORDING OF THE LETTER OF GUARANTEED EMPLOYMENT AGREED BY EMPLOYERS AND MINISTERS IN TIME TO HAVE THE SCHEME IN OPERATION BY
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