TNAG-2950-FCO40-4227-Hong-Kong-visa-free-travel-for-British-Nationals-(Overseas)--1993 — Page 93

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FOREIGN INVESTMENT IN THE MAURITIUS EXPORT PROCESSING ZONE, WHICH IS NOW VITAL TO ITS ECONOMY.

11. WE THING WE SHOULD NOW ASK MAURITIUS TO GRANT VISA-FREE ENTRY TO HONG KONG BN (0) PASSPORT HOLDERS.

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12. WE ARE PLANNING TO BEGIN THE PHASED PROGRAMME FOR REGISTRATION OF BOTCS AS BN (0)S IN JULY, ALTHOUGH THERE MAY BE SOME SLIPPAGE (OUR TELNO 2945 REFERS). WE ARE PLANNING TO START LOW-KEY, PRELIMINARY PUBLICITY LATER THIS MONTH, BUT WE WILL BE UPGRADING THE PUBLICITY AS SOON AS LEGISLATION IS BROUGHT BEFORE PARLIAMENT, PERHAPS IN APRIL 1993. THEREFORE, WE WOULD LIKE TO RESOLVE THIS PROBLEM BY THEN. WE WOULD BE GRATEFUL FOR YOUR HELP AND THAT OF VIENNA AND PORT LOUIS TO ACHIEVE A CHANGE.

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