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TO DESKBY 03010OZ HONG KONG
TELNO 595
OF 021732Z APRIL 92
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FICE YOUR TELNOS 902 AND 903: CALL ON PRIME MINISTER'S OFFICE BY MR STEPHEN NG AND MR LAU SHAN-CHING
1. MANY THANKS FOR THE HELPFUL BACKGROUND AND THE DRAFT. WE HAVE BEEN ASKED TO BE A LITTLE MORE FORTHCOMING IN THE REPLY TO THE JUNE 4 CHINA SUPPORT GROUP. WE WOULD PROPOSE TO AMEND THE FINAL PARA OF YOUR DRAFT AND ADD A FURTHER PARA AS FOLLOWS:
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''AS THERE NEVER WERE ANY QUOTAS'', THEY HAVE NOT BEEN, AS YOU SUGGEST IN YOUR LETTER, EXHAUSTED''. WE ARE NOT AWARE THAT ANY COUNTRY HAS RECENTLY CHANGED ITS POLICY ON RESETTLEMENT OF ASYLUM SEEKERS FROM CHINA, NOR ARE THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT EXPERIENCING ANY PARTICULAR DIFFICULTIES IN THIS AREA AT PRESENT. OF COURSE, IN ANY INDIVIDUAL CASE, IT WILL ALWAYS BE ENTIRELY UP TO THE COUNTRY CONCERNED WHETHER OR NOT TO ACCEPT A PARTICULAR APPLICANT FOR ENTRY.
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AS FOR MS TANG RI-MEI, I AM INFORMED THAT SHE WAS NOT A POLITICAL REFUGEE. ALTHOUGH SHE WAS DETAINED FOR INVOLVEMENT IN THE STUDENT PROTESTS IN 1989, SHE WAS RELEASED AFTER TWO MONTHS, PARDONED, AND ALLOWED TO RESUME HER STUDIES. SHE FLED CHINA FOLLOWING A CIVIL DISPUTE WITH HER EMPLOYERS, AND ENTERED HONG KONG ILLEGALLY IN NOVEMBER 1991. THE HONG KONG AUTHORITIES LET MS TANG REMAIN ON HUMANITARIAN GROUNDS.''
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GRATEFUL FOR COMMENTS DESKBY 03090OZ.
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