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NOTE 2

VISA MATTERS

1.

No bilateral visa agreement betweer. EX and Viethaa/Cambodia/Laos. Under existing policy, nationals from Cambodia and Laos can core for business visits and the visa

processing time is 1 weeks. Yationals from Vietnam may come for business and social visits and the visa processing time is al30 2 weeks. We are considering to allow rationals from Laos c come for social visits and shorten the visa processing time Ect nationals from Laos anć Vietnam zo 7 days. Requirements

fcr Cambodia will remain unchanged for the time scing. Statistics cr visa applications and their current populations

in Hong Kong are at Arnex A.

2.

There is a bilateral visa abolition agreement between

Hong Kong and Thailand through ar exchange of notes in November 1975, The arrangements, which came into effect or 30.1.76, allow holders of British (Bong Kong) passports to visit Thailand without vis: for up to 3 days, subject to normal immigration requirements. The arrangement was extended to cover British National (Overseas) passports in 1987

3.

A corsiderable number of Kong working as domestic helpera.

nai nationals are in Bong

Statistics or population are

at Annex B.

CONFIDENTIAL

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