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I am replying to your letter of 20 August about the
Hong Kong Immigration Bill.
Mor
[The Bill
The Bill does not seek to impose any restrictions
on the freedom of entry into Hong Kong of citizens of
the United Kingdom and Colonies other than those
restrictions which have been in existence for several
the Bile
inter alia However, inter alia, it does seek to seek to
>
years
However
facilitate the removal from the Colony of persons
(including citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies
who are not belongers of Hong Kong) who misbehave or
whose behaviour is not, in the opinion of the Governor-
in-Council, congúcive to the public good. The Bil1
apply
does not apply to any British subject who was born, or
naturalised as such, in Hong Kong, or who was registered
as such in the Colony under Section 7(2) of the
British Nationality Act 1948. Nor does it apply
to the wives or children of such persons.
The Government of Hong Kong is fully competent to
epact such legislation in its own right and there is no
Imperial statute which gives a British subject, as such,
either the right to enter a British overseas territory
or exemption from removal or deportation from such
Similarly, a British passport is not
territory.
intended to confer any such right or exemption on its
As you are no doubt aware, the United
holder.
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