From: gaojeng@durras.anu.edu.au (J. Gao)
Subject: China News Digest (U.S.), Sun, 10/4/1992
Summary: CND
Keywords: CND
Organization: Computer Services Centre, Australian National University
Date:  4 Oct 92 10:48:56 GMT

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			  Sunday, October 4, 1992

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1. Analysis by IFCSS on Situation for Chinese Student Protection Bill .. 120
2. Tips on INS's Handling of F-1 Student Off-Campus Working Permit ...... 33
3. Faculty Position in Systems Engineering Department at CUHK ........... 27
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1. Analysis by IFCSS on Situation for Chinese Student Protection Bill .. 120
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>From: IFCSS HQ <ifcss@wam.umd.edu>
Source: IFCSS HQ NR-4048 Oct. 2 and NR-4047, Oct. 1, 1992, abridged by CND

This is the second day S1216 has been in the White House. As time passes,
anxiety grows among our students. The HQ is well aware of the strain caused
by the uncertainties the bill is facing. The HQ has been exhausting all the
channels to find out the real situation. We have established direct
connections with White House officials and will keep our students informed.

According to our sources in the White House, the administration has been
reviewing the bill. The bill has cleared a main hurdle -- yesterday the bill
was examined for quota-related issues by the Department of Justice and was
approved this afternoon. It is now reviewed by the Office of Budget and
Management. This is surely an encouraging sign -- it shows that the
administration is paying close attention to the bill.

However, we cannot afford to sit down and relax. Time is short. Congress has
tentatively scheduled to adjourn on October 5. The bill is now definitely
within the "pocket veto" range. President Bush has never made public
commitment to the bill. We all know what happened in the House and in the
Senate -- some time or some where the bill might get stuck. If that happens
this time, it would be too late to do anything and we can hardly expect to
see dramatical turn of events as we have seen in the past two months.

Right now, pressure is the most, perhaps the only, effective method to
prevent a "pocket veto." We have consulted with many experienced and
knowledgable people, all of them agreed that it is the time to fully
mobilize our resources and to put more pressure on the Administration.

We urge CSS nation-wide to take immediate actions to generate as much public
interests and favorable atmosphere as possible.  Our focus is on those
people who can talk to the President and the President is willing to listen
to them, like Bush's personal friends, Republican senators who have voted
with Bush on the issue of MFN; Republican congressmen who need Bush's help
in their re-elections; Governors and local campaign supporters whom Bush
heavily relies on for his reelection campaign. Contact those people, go talk
to them, ask them to call President Bush urging him to sign the bill. Call
the newspapers, arrange interviews, and send petitions to relevant offices.

On the national level, the HQ has been paying exclusive attention to the
campaign. Our instructions to several key states have produced favorable
effects. The first newspaper article we received is from Purdue's EXPONENT;
Students in Los Angeles have been interviewed by L.A. Times; In New York,
Senator D'Amato has promised to call President Bush. We have also enlisted
support from several influential figures who are close both to the
Administration and to the Capital Hill.  Senator Simpson will send a letter
to the White House. We have also requested a meeting with White House
officials. But, as we have been saying, our real strength lies in the 50,000
plus Chinese students and scholars. Please keep up the efforts.

A show of strong support for the protection bill among the Chinese students
and the general American society will help make the S1216 VETO-PROOF.
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The lobbying for S.1216 has entered the final stage.  Unfortunately, at this
critical moment, the HQ and Mr. Zhao Haiqing have not reached agreement as
to the strategy. Given the importance of the issue and the urgency of the
situation, the HQ feels obliged to provide our students with reasons why we
need to generate and keep pressure on the White House.

First, the strategy has been worked out with our legal advisors at Arent/Fox
who since 1989 have guided us through every steps of our lobbying, including
all the actions taken by Zhao Haiqing. We believe their experience and
wisdom is essential to our success.

Second, we all know President Bush's general approach to China-related
issues. The only situation under which President Bush is going to sign the
bill is that he feels enough pressure, which, at this critical time of
election, can be easily translated into votes, which he badly needs. It is
hard to imaging that the President will put his signature to the bill if
there is no threat of loss of vote.

Third, there are currently three bills in Congress which are in
veto-override situations. The first one is the Family Leave bill which has
been vetoed by the President and the override effort failed. The second is
MFN bill. The House has voted to override President's veto and the Senate is
going to pick up the issue soon.

If we can put considerable pressure on President Bush to sign the Protection
Bill, he might choose to sign the bill early to reduce resistance to his
veto of the MFN bill.

But, if he does not sign the bill early and if the MFN is overridden in the
Senate, then the President might veto (or pocket veto) the protection bill
to reduce the pressure from the Chinese government.

Fourth, our own experience with the Pelosi Bill of 1989 has well
demonstrated how the pressure from the public works. Before and after the
Pelosi bill was passed in the Congress, IFCSS tried several times to contact
the White House, but to no avail. However, as the pressure mounted with
editorials in national newspapers bombarding Bush, the White House offered a
meeting between the President and IFCSS delegates, which we rightly declined
because we did not want let down our friends in Congress. The result is
known to all -- the President provided essentially the same protection as
specified in the Pelosi bill.

Of course, the picture is different this time. Since there has been no
deadlock between us and the White House, there is no need for open
confrontation with the White House. This is why we have stressed the
positive approach. However, that does not mean that we are guaranteed a
success. No one has guaranteed that. Of course, there were reports that Bush
will sign the bill. But he has not said any thing publicly. He can also
change his mind. WE CANNOT TAKE ANY CHANCES. We want to use the pressure as
a VETO-PROOF measure.

Therefore, the best way to prevent a veto is to put pressure on the
President which can be most effectively generated by mobilizing the news
media and those senators, congressmen and governors who have influence on
Bush. This is exactly what the HQ has been doing and what we have been
asking our students to do.

According to informed sources, the pressure has already brought about
positive signs. Thousands of signatures have been sent to the White House;
the S.1216 issue has caught the attention of many newspaper editorial
writers; some newspapers such as L.A. Times, Richmond Times Dispatch are
planning to publish editorials addressing the concern of Chinese students;
Some well-known Chinese American in D.C. area are planning to send petitions
to the President in support of the bill. Our lawyers will conduct an
editorial research in the next several days and will send the copies of
those editorials to government agencies.

Let us keep up the good work and make our bill too weighty to be vetoed. We
cannot afford to sit back and wait at this extremely important moment. We
must make up the time that has been lost.

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2. Tips on INS's Handling of F-1 Student Off-Campus Working Permit ...... 33
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>From: <DDAVIS@KSUVM.BITNET>
Source: NFSA Communication Network, Sept. 30, 1992. Forwarded by Bo Xiong.

Following are some tips regarding the approval procedure of F-1 Students'
Off-Campus Working Permit by the INS Office at Kansas City, MO.  These may
be helpful tips for any INS office.

1) The director in the INS office in Kansas City has made a policy that the
first thing the INS person adjudicating the I-765 does is go back to the
computer and punch in the applicant's name, date of birth, etc.  If for any
reason at any time in the person's past, there was an INS file created in
any INS office, then KC INS must get that file and see what happened way
back then before approving the I-765.

This sometimes takes a long time but it is a policy carved in cement.  The
attorney says they won't budge even if the student or an attornen can show
what happened back when the applicant's INS file was created.

2) In the cases where INS wants to get a file from another INS office or
when the adjudicating officer sends the applicant away to get more
documentation (as in the case with our student), there is no system in place
on where to put the pending application.  Often it sits on the desk of the
officer who took it and that officer most likely won't be the one the
applicant sees when s/he returns with the requested documentation.  The
attorney says to encourage our students to ask politely the name of the INS
person helping them in the even that the EAD is not granted and the student
is sent back to get more documentation.  That way, when the student returns
with the documentation s/he can say who they talked to before and it might
be easier to track the missing application.

3) Finally, INS folks may get points for everything they do, so when they
turn in their work reports they can say they got so many points.  Well,
because I-765's have never been assigned to any particular department,
nobody gets any points for doing them.  This means nobody wants to do them
and explains why sometimes they officer sends an applicant away for more
documentation.  Then the officer can get on to the business of earning
points. 

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3. Faculty Position in Systems Engineering Department at CUHK ........... 27
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>From: Lui Tang Y.P., <rebecca@cuse1.se.cuhk.hk>
Date: Oct. 2, 1992

The Chinese Unversity of Hong Kong invites applications for several
positions in the Systems Engineering Department with specialities in
automation & manufacturing technologies, robotics, control systems and
instrumentation, Operations Research and management information & decision
support systems.  Both tenure-track and term appointments will be
considered.  Candidates are expected to have outstanding qualifications,
with earned doctorate degrees in related fields, and a strong commitment to
excellent teaching and research.  Salaries for the positions lie
approximately between US$45,000 and US$94,000 per annum.

The University receives strong support from both the government and the
private industries of Hong Kong and is strongly committed to quality
teaching and research.  Faculty appointment are on a full 12 month basis
with 2 1/2-month leave with full pay for every year of service.  The
official teaching languages are English and Chinese.

The department offers Bachelor, Master and Doctorate Degrees' programmes.

Provided for the qualified appointees are many generous benefits, including
strongly subsidized housing, medical care, children education allowance,
superannuation based on last month's salary, air passage and moving
allowance.

All applications together with complete CV and inquiries can be directed to:
Prof Vincent Lum, Chairman, Systems Engineering Department, Chinese
University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong. FAX: (852) 6035505. EMAIL:
<recruit@se.cuhk.hk>.

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