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FOLLOWING FROM FOREIGN SECRETARY'S PARTY
HONG KONG TELNO 1974:
CHILDREN OF HONG KONG
RIGHT OF ABODE IN THE UK FOR CERTAIN
PARENTS
THE SECRETARY OF STATE WAS GRATEFUL FOR THE HOME SECRETARY'S RAPID AGREEMENT TO A LINE FOR HIS USE AT HIS PRESS CONFERENCE IN HONG KONG ON 27 JULY.
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AS AGREED IN TELECON RICKETTS/MORRIS (HKD), THE SECRETARY OF STATE SAID WHEN THE QUESTION CAME UP AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE THAT HE HAD BEEN IN TOUCH WITH THE HOME SECRETARY IN THE COURSE OF THE DAY AND THAT THE HOME SECRETARY HAD AUTHORISED HIM TO SAY THAT HE WOULD BE LOOKING AT THESE CASES GENEROUSLY AND SPEEDILY AS THEY CAME BEFORE HIM.
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DOCTOR C H LEONG PRESSED THE SECRETARY OF STATE ON THIS ISSUE AT THE MEETING WITH OMELCO EARLIER IN THE DAY, AND EXPRESSED PARTICULAR CONCERN ABOUT THE EFFECT OF AN AGE LIMIT OF 18, PARTICULARLY FOR THOSE CHILDREN WHO WERE NOT 18 WHEN THEIR APPLICATIONS WERE LODGED IN 1991, BUT HAVE SINCE TURNED 18.
WE WILL WANT TO PURSUE THIS AND OTHER ASPECTS WITH THE HOME OFFICE ON RETURN TO LONDON LATER THIS WEEK.
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