Visas offered to Hong Kong

HONG KONG - The British Prime Minister, Mr John Major, yesterday in Hong Kong offered people in the colony visa free travel to…

HONG KONG - The British Prime Minister, Mr John Major, yesterday in Hong Kong offered people in the colony visa free travel to Britain after China takes over in 1997 but faced an immediate protest from a Tory MP.

Members of Mr Major's cabinet played down fears of a rise in illegal immigration but the right wing MP, Ms Teresa Gorman, warned Britain to be "prepared for the worst".

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