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FM CAPE TOWN EMBASSY

TO TELELETTER FCO

TELELETTER NFR

OF 150845Z MAY 90

FM: JIM POSTON

TO: P TIBBER ESQ, SAFD, FCO

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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY

2 1 MAY 1990

CC: HONG KONG DEPARTMENT, FCO

DESK OFFICER

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SOUTH AFRICA: IMMIGRATION

1. FOR THE RECORD, ON 14 MAY THE SOUTH AFRICAN MINISTER OF HOME AFFAIRS SAID IN

PARLIAMENT THAT BETWEEN 200 AND 300 HONG KONG FAMILIES HAD BEEN RECRUITED TO SETTLE IN SOUTH AFRICA, AND 300 TO 500 FAMILES FROM TAIWAN. HE SAID THE FAMILIES HAD BEEN RECRUITED IN TERMS OF DEVELOPMENT SCHEMES AND MET CERTAIN REQUIREMENTS, INCLUDING THE NECESSARY SKILLS AND THE ENTREPRENEURSHIP TO FOUND INDUSTRIES IN SOUTH AFRICA, WHICH WOULD INCREASE EMPLOYMENT. THEY WOULD BE SETTLING ON THE REEF AND IN THE WESTERN CAPE AND HE HOPED THEIR IMMIGRATION WOULD BE REALISED SOON.

SIGNED..

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