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INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG, WASHINGTON, CRECEIVED IN REGISTRY
INGTON INFO PRIORITY SINGAPORE, PEKING, OTTAWA, BONN MAY 1990
INFO PRIORITY COPENHAGEN, STOCKHOLM INFO SAVING THE HAGUE, LUXEMBOURG
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YR TELNO 621 TO WASHINGTON: INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR HONG KONG
1. FOLLOWING MR MAUDE'S STATEMENT IN HONG KONG, THE BELGIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY SPOKESMAN CONFIRMED ON 10 APRIL THAT THE BELGIAN GOVERNMENT HAD WORKED OUT A QUOTE SPECIAL FORMULA UNQUOTE TO ACCEPT INTO BELGIUM EMPLOYEES OF BELGIAN FIRMS IN HONG KONG AND THEIR FAMILIES. THIS FORMULA WOULD GIVE THESE PEOPLE ENTRY AND RESIDENCE RIGHTS IN BELGIUM, BUT WOULD NOT GIVE THEM BELGIAN CITIZENSHIP. THE SPOKESMAN ADDED THAT IT WAS STILL UNCLEAR HOW MANY PEOPLE WOULD BENEFIT FROM THIS FORMULA.
TODAY'S BELGIAN PRESS REPORTED THIS AND MR MAUDE'S STATEMENT IN A FACTUAL MANNER. THERE IS NO CRITICISM.
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