Miss Kelly
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HKIOD
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
London S.W.1
In Crosm
En
1 June, 1972
You wrote to me after your visit to Hong Kong and
raised the problem of giving the young Chinese resident
there an identity. I have given some thought to this.
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Enteropa
As you know, most of the parents of this younger
generation fled to Hong Kong for refuge from the Communists.
They went for security and a job and were grateful for
what Hong Kong could offer them. Inevitably, however,
the younger generation are confused. On the one hand
they accept generally that no kind of self-government, much
less independence is in prospect. On the other, they want
to be identified with a meaningful society.
The great majority of the younger generation fall into
one of two categories specified in the Colony's recently
enacted Immigration Ordinance:
(a) "Hong Kong belonger"
These are defined in the Ordinance as
(i) persons who are British subjects by birth or
naturalisation in Hong Kong, or registration in
Hong Kong under Section 7(2) of the British
Nationality Act, 1948; and
(ii)
persons who are or have been married to,
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The Rt. Hon. the Lord Butler
of Saffron Walden, KG., CH.
IN CONFIDENCE
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