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No. P 215/98/10.

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POËSIⱭE OFFICE,

8.W.1.

30th linnusry, 1941.

Your Excellency,

I have the honour to refer to Your Excelleney's

sexorandum Bo. 41/1 of 8th Januɛry on the subjent of the

regulɛtions governing the entry of Chinese into Hong Kong.

2. The most careful considers tion has been given to the

points raised by you.

vas, however, urgently

required in the intere te of the defence of Hong Yong and I

regret thịt it has not been found gossible to

your

re unnt for postponement. A proclamation was issued in ing

Fong on 9th Jɛnu: ry bringing the ordinane into effect on 15th

and it is now being enforced.

I can, however, asœure you that the

osaurea provided

in the ordinance will be administered as syng-thetic»lly as

possible so es to alleviete say hardship or inconvenience to

Chinese nationala. în particular, every effort will be ande

to avoid delay to distinguished Chinese officials and other

entering Hong Kong, and in this connexion I venture

* the chinee authoritie

personage

to muggest

should elvise the ong

Kong Immigration Office in advance (telegraphie address:-

Imoff, Hong (ong) of the expected arrival of such personages.

4. As reguzās entry into Hong Kong, the position is that

pasaporta must now be visa'd by a British authority to be valia

for Mong Fong, but where persone do not hold passports

applications for entry permita enn be made at many entry points

besides Hong Kong including Taipo and other places on

northern land frontier, though the actual permits are issued at

Hong Long

His Excellency

tr.uo Zai-chi,

etc., etc., etc.

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