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YRTELNO 1362: DEPENDENT TERRITORIES WORK PERMIT QUOTA (DTWPQ)
1. WE HAVE SPOKEN TO COUNCILLORS RITA FAN AND ROSANNA TAM, RESPECTIVELY CONVENORS OF THE OMELCO PANEL ON SECURITY AND THE AD HOC GROUP ON NATIONALITY. THEY HAVE TAKEN THE NEWS CALMLY AND AGREE WITH OUR VIEW THAT, APART FROM SOME GRUMBLING IN THE NEW TERRITORIES, PUBLIC REACTION IS LIKELY TO BE FAIRLY LOW KEY.
2. WE HAVE BRIEFED MEMBERS OF BOTH THE SECURITY PANEL AND THE AD HOC GROUP, DRAWING ATTENTION TO YOUR EFFORTS IN SECURING THIS CONCESSION. OUR LINE WITH THE MEDIA WILL BE THAT, WHILE WE WOULD HAVE LIKED THE QUOTA TO REMAIN UNTIL 1997, WE WELCOME THE DECISION NOT TO WITHDRAW IT IMMEDIATELY. WE HAVE STRESSED THAT
THE DECISION APPLIES WORLD-WIDE AND NOT JUST HONG KONG.
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