Mr. Speaker. on Wednesday an estimated 45.000 Hong Kong residents lined up to beat the deadline for filing a special application to emigrate to Britain. Under this plan. less than 10 percent of those eligible will be given permission to relocate to Great Britain before Hong Kong reverts to Chinese control in 1997. As a result. 1.000 Hong Kongers are emigrating to Canada and Australia every week. This drain of people threatens Hong Kongs economic future. Most Hong Kongers dont wani to uproot. but they fear repression at the hands of the Chinese. What the people of Hong Kong need is assurances. If they are given an insurance policy against future injustice. many would stay. The United States must act soon to provide special visas to Hong Kong residents that can be used any time up to 2002. Such a proposal in the form of a Frank amendment has already been adopted at the subcommittee level. Mr.
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