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INFO ROUTINE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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YOUR TELNO 2054: VISA ABOLITION AGREEMENTS
1.WE BELIEVE THAT ARTICLE 6 COULD BE SIMPLIFIED TO READ QUOTE THE PERMITTED PERIODS OF STAY REFERRED TO IN ARTICLES 2 AND 4 MAY BE EXTENDED ON A RECIPROCAL BASIS BY THE AGREEMENT OF BOTH GOVERNMENTS FOR FURTHER PERIODS UP TO A TOTAL OF ENCLOSED IN SQUARE BRACKETS ) DAYS.... UNQUOTE. WE FEEL THAT THIS MIGHT BE EASIER FOR NEGOTIATING PARTNERS TO UNDERSTAND, BUT WE HAVE NO OBJECTION NOW TO THE LANGUAGE YOU PROPOSE.
2. WE FEEL THAT THE SPEAKING NOTE COULD USEFULLY BE BEEFED UP TO MAKE REFERENCES TO THE ADVANTAGES TO HONG KONG BUSINESSMEN OF BEING ABLE TO TRAVEL AT SHORT NOTICE TO OTHER COUNTRIES AND THE GENERAL BENEFIT TO CONFIDENCE OF HONG KONG PEOPLE IN KNOWING THAT THERE TRAVEL DOCUMENTS WILL CONTINUE TO ENABLE THEM TO TRAVEL WITHOUT VISAS TO A NUMBER OF COUNTRIES.
3.ON A MATTER OF DETAIL IN PARA 6 OF THE SPEAKING NOTE WE SUGGEST THAT THE PHRASE QUOTE IN HONG KONG UNQUOTE BE ADDED AFTER THE WORDS QUOTE COMPETENT AUTHORITY UNQUOTE AND IN THE FINAL SENTENCE THE WORD QUOTE OF UNQUOTE SHOULD BE INSERTED BEFORE QUOTE THE FUTURE HKSAR PASSPORT UNQUOTE.
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