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C. BRITISH RESPONSIBILITIES
Responsibilities to People
20.
We have a responsibility to safeguard the welfare and interests of the people of Hong Kong; about half of these
are aliens.
21.
A clear responsibility extends to the following
categories:-
(a) About 46,000 British subjects and Commonwealth
citizens of non-Chinese race, of which about 15,000 at the present time are members of the armed forces and their families (the Gurkha troops and their dependents are included in this category).
(b) About half (or 1.9 million) of the Chinese
population who have, or are entitled to claim, the status of Citizens of the United Kingdom
and Colonies.
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