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BRITISH CITIZENSHIP WOULD BE HELD BY PEOPLE WITH SPECIFIED TIES (BY THEIR OWN OR A PAREENT''S BIRTH REGISTRATION OR NATURALISATION) WITH THE UNITED KINGDOM ITSELF. BRITISH OVERSEAS CITIZENSHIP WOULD BE HELD BY THOSE WHO HAVE SIMILAR TIES WITH A DEPENDENT TERRITORY.
BOTH BRITISH CITIZENS AND BRITISH OVERSEAS CITIZENS WOULD CONTINUE TO CARRY BRITISH PASSPORTS AND TO ENJOY BRITISH CONSULAR PROTECTIO
COMMENTING ON THE PUBLICATION OF THE GREEN PAPER, A HONG KONG GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THAT THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT HAD GIVEN AN ASSURANCE THAT THE PROPOSALS DID NOT HAVE ANY IMPLICATIONS FOR THE CONSTITUTIONAL RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND HONG KONG
''THE GREEN PAPER APPEARS TO ENVISAGE THAT THE RULES GOVERNING ENTRY INTO THE UNITED KINGDOM APPLICABLE TO HONG KONG RESIDENTS WOULD REMAIN SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME AS THEY HAVE BEEN SINCE THE IMMIGRATION ACT OF 1971, '' HE SAID.
HE ADDED THAT THE COURSE OF THE DISCUSSIONS OF THE POINTS AND PROPOSALS MADE IN THE GREEN PAPER, BOTH IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND OVERSEAS IN THE COMMONWEALTH, WOULD BE WATCHED WITH GREAT CARE. IF THERE APPEARED TO BE A DANGER OF THE INTERESTS OF HONG KONG RESIDENTS BEING AFFECTED ADVERSELY, THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT WOULD
MAKE ITS VIEWS KNOWN TO THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT.''
2. GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD PASS A COPY TO HONG KONG COMMISSIONER,
LONDON.
3. GRATEFUL ALSO IF YOU WOULD ARRANGE FOR ONE THOUSAND COPIES
OF THE PRINTED VERSION OF THE GREEN PAPER TO BE SENT SOONEST BY BAG.
MACLEHOSE
FILES N & TD HK & GD MVD
CONS DEPT NEWS DEPT MR HAWLEY
COPIES TO:
HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE
6 GRAFTON ST W1.
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