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E.R.

number of years. Within the EC, France, the Federal Republic

of Germany, Belgium and Luxembourg are implementing schemes

to provide the right of entry to employees of French, German, Belgian and Luxembourg companies and their families. A number of other Governments are considering if they can introduce similar arrangements. The possibility of new immigration arrangements for Hong Kong is under consideration by the United States Administration and there have been expressions

of support in the United States Congress, including a proposal

that the immigration quota from Hong Kong should be increased

to 20,000 a year and that beneficiaries should be allowed to

defer settlement in the United States until the year 2002.

Taken together, these measures could add substantially to the

impact of the British Government's nationality scheme.