2 NOVEMBER 1991, Page 35

Sir: The trouble with immigration policies as (partly) defined by

Charles Moore is that one does not know when they stop or start being proscriptive. He alludes to, but floes not state a position on, the Hong KOng Chi- nese, whose wealth and entrepreneurial skills are so much enhancing property val- ues in Vancouver. He does not refer, at all, to the East African Asian mini 'influx' of the 1970s, where, under a ridiculous policy, we did not admit people, again with high entrepreneurial skills, until they had, ludi- crously, been stripped of all their wealth. Again this policy worked to the advantage of Canada. Would these people — an asset to any government devoted to free market economies — have passed Mr Moore's lit- mus test?

David Duckels

38 Exchange Street, Driffield, East Yorkshire