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IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT

CONFIDENTIAL

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The Hong Kong

Immigration

Department

and the Bureau of Exit Entry

Administration, Ministry of Public Security held a meeting to discuss the issue of

increasing the quoca of mainland residents geing

Hong Kong for settlement

(hereinafter abbreviated to "one-way quota"). Both sides have arrived at the

following views on relevant matters :

che

(1)

settlement.

The Chinese side notified the Hong Kong side the situation of increasing

one-way quota of people going to Hong Kong, namely: with effect from the 1

January 1993, there has been an increase of 15 permits on the daily one-way quota of

75 for use by people who are husband and wife living apart from each other in Hong

Kong and in the mainland for over ten years to enable them to go to Hong Kong foz

Later it was again decided that with effect from 1 June 1993, a further

increase of 15 one-way quota daily is to be used to resolve the problem of children

inder 21 years Of age with right of abode in the future Hong Kong Special

idministration Region going to Hong Kong, as stipulated by Article 24 of the Basic Law

the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. However, up to now, the quota in this

.ategory is still unused. The work of verifying the status of the children in

ૐ being carried out. The Chinese side pointed out that in increasing the

one-way quota, the decision was made after full consideration of Hong Kong

ociety's ability to bear the influx in aspects of housing, employment, education,

opulation and social welfare and taking into account the views of the Hong Kong

overnment and the various parties concerned.

fuestion

foresaid

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