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4. AS WE HAD RECEIVED NO PRIOR NOTIFICATION OF THE ARRIVAL OF THE GROUP OF AND THAT IT WAS UNUSUAL FOR ETHNIC CHINESE OF PRC ORIGIN TO HOLD MADAGASCAR SERVICE PASSPORTS, THEY WERE INITIALLY REFUSED PERMISSION TO LAND ON 16 MARCH PENDING CLARIFICATION WITH THE MADAGASCAR GOVERNMENT THROUGH THE ASSISTANCE OF B.E. ANTANANARIVO. THE POST LATER CONFIRMED THAT THE FOUR AND THREE OTHER MADAGASCAR SERVICE PASSPORT HOLDERS WERE TECHNICAL ADVISORS OF THE MALAGASY MINISTRY OF COMMERCE. THE FOUR WERE THUS GIVEN PERMISSION TO REMAIN FOR 2 WEEKS ON 17 MARCH.
5. ON 2 APRIL, WE RECEIVED A FAX MESSAGE FROM B.E. ANTANANARIVO CONCERNING VISA APPLICATIONS FROM TWO OF THE REMAINING THREE TECHNICAL ADVISORS. THEIR PERSONAL PARTICULARS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
NAME
DOB
MADAM LIU HUI ZHEN
7-9-1956
MR REN WEI PING
22-6-1952
MADAGASCAR
SERVICE PPT NO.
9203049
9203052
6. ON THE SAME DAY, WE AUTHORISED THE ISSUE OF SINGLE JOURNEY VISA FOR 3 MONTHS VISIT. OUR RECORDS REVEALED THAT MADAM LIU AND MR REN SUBSEQUENTLY ARRIVED IN HONG KONG ON 26 APRIL AND 17 APRIL RESPECTIVELY ON STRENGTH OF THEIR MADAGASCAR SERVICE PASSPORTS.
7. WE ARE UNABLE TO TRACE THE ARRIVAL RECORD OF THE REMAINING ONE MR LI GUANG ZE, WHOSE NAME WAS PROVIDED BY B.E. ANTANANARIVO AS ONE OF THE SEVEN TECHNICAL ADVISORS.
8. THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT WELCOMES GENUINE VISITORS COMING TO HONG KONG FOR SIGHTSEEING AND BUSINESS PURPOSES AND THE SAME EXTENDS TO PEOPLE FROM THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF MADAGASCAR. HOWEVER, I BELIEVE YOU WILL AGREE THAT THE INCIDENT ON 16 MARCH (PARAS. 3 AND 4) WAS MOST EXTRAORDINARY.
WILSON
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