>From yawei Fri Jun 29 12:02:54 1990
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From: Bo Xiong <yawei>
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Subject: CND-EP Special for Australia, June 30, 1990
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=====================  Europe / Pacific Section (CND-EP) =====================
                                 June 30, 1990

                 Special Issue on Immigration Affairs 
          Regarding Chinese Students in Australia (Series IV)
            (This issue is distributed to Australia only)

          AN URGENT PROPOSAL TO EVERY CHINESE STUDENTS IN AUSTRALIA
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>From: A CND reader in Australia, provided by CND editor/reporter in Australia

DEAR FELLOWS:

	Australian Cabinet has made a joint statement for media in which it 
announced that those Chinese students who were in Australia on 20 June, 1989,
would be offerred  four years of special temporary residence permit.  But it 
indicated that those matters concerning social benefits were yet to be
announced.  So it still leaves us some chance to do something good for us.

	It is now very unlikely to change their decision on four-year limbo-land
status, the only thing that we can do now is to struggle for a better social
benefit.  
	Here I suggest that the crucial thing we should fight for is 

		RIGHT AND OPPORTUNITY OF EDUCATION

For example, ask for reduction on overseas student charges so that some of our 
poor fellows can have a chance to study.

	It is also an opportunity for some(not all!!) Students organisations' 
leaders to proof that they are representative of most students in Australia.

Why shall we do that?
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	The reasons are:
	
	(1). In general, if most of Chinese students can have a chance to study
during the next 4 years, then 4 years later, most of us will be in a better 
position to identify ourselves in this society which is crucial to our future
as a whole.

	(2). Owing to deliberate interference of DEET and the termination of
AIDAB exchange program with China, most, if not all, AIDAB sponsored students
have fallen into an overseas student charge problem.  Nobody will be able to 
change their courses now (you can do in the past).  Some are forced to become
a full-fee paying students. There is no quota available for new Chinese 
students to apply for.

	(3). If you don't have this problem, maybe your spouses or your 
children will have this problem if they are seeking or will seek opportunity
to study.  As I understand, it is a very common issue to most of us.

	(4). Surely our private students will applause for this proposal. 

What you can do?
----------------

	Send fax to the Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet to describe
your concern and worries about your or your spouse and/or children's right
and opportunity of education.  You can send it through fax machine in your
Dept/School.  Or spending a few $s, you can send it through your local post
offices.

	The fax number in the Dept of PM is:

		Fax:	06-2715414
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	Do it please.  So we can have a strong and the same voice!!!

	Following is a model letter to the Dept of PM.  If you do not want to
draft youself, why not just sign this model letter and send it out?!

A model letter to the Cabinet Ministers
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To:	Australian Cabinet Ministers
	(Fax No. 06-2715414)
From: 	some Chinese students in Australia

RE:	OVERSEAS STUDENT CHARGE AND EDUCATION OPPORTUNITY

Dear Ministers:

	First of all, thank you for your favourable decision on 4-year special
temporary residence permit to our Chinese students who were in Australia on
June 20, 1989.  As we understand through your joint statement for public 
media, the matters regarding social benefits are yet to be announced after
Cabinet consideration in athe near future.

	Here we would like to take this opportunity to present you one of
our major worries about our 4-year "limbo-land" status.  As students, we have
been seeking opportunities to undertake further studies all the time.  But many 
of us cannot get over the hurdle of overseas student charges in front of us.
Now most of us will jump into a four-year-period "limbo-land".  If our 
education right and opportunity are not taken into serious consideration, this
4-year period will be long enough to ruin our academic life and any future 
plans.  In this case, even the situation in China has improved after 4 years,
we will not be able to find jobs in China.

	As we understand, the Australian government has terminated the AIDAB
educational aids to Chinese students and consequently many suffer a great deal
of loss.  Some previous AIDAB-sponsored students now have been forced to become
full-fee paying students.  Let alone those who wish to apply for the AIDAB quota
places.

	We also understand the education of many married students' spouses and 
children is at risk.

	In a word, if you are to protect us, you should consider to protect
our right and opportunity of education because most of us are students.  This
is also in accordance with both China and Australia's long-term interests.

	IF YOU ARE EDUCATING US, YOU ARE EDUCATING CHINA'S FUTURE;
	IF YOU ARE EDUCATING CHINA'S FUTURE, YOU ARE GOING TO BENEFIT MOST
	FROM CHINA'S FUTURE.

Looking forward to your favourable consideration on this issue.  Now that you
has put us under a special category, you should be able to education 
opportunity as a special issue. We shall be very grateful if you could consider
some reduction or exemption on the overseas student charges if some of us are
to seek studies.

	Thank you very much!

	Yours sincerely



	your name and signature


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