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50,000 heads of household or about 225,000 people

in all the Government have had to balance the

desire to be as effective as possible in restoring

confidence against the ability to accept the

individuals concerned for settlement in this

country, should that ever be necessary.

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3.

Kommen, Hong Kong is also an international

centre, with huge international investment. We

have made it clear to other governments that Hong

Kong's major trading partners, and the

international community generally have a strong

interest in the territory's continuing stability

and prosperity. We have encouraged then to introduce schemes Similar to our own.

4.

Against this background we would certainly

had no objection to any scheme that offers what is

in effect an "insurance policy": the provision of

residency/citizenship elsewhere to be exercised

only if necessary.

5. It goes without saying, however, that it

would place us in a very difficult position if the

assurances offered by such schemes turned out to

be bogus. The DTS must make every effort to

establish the bona fides of the organisers of any

passport/permanent residency certificate in return.

for Hong Kong investment scheme's (in this case

Good Loyal Limited) and the validity and work of

any document this supplied, before they allow such