Parliamentary Unit
HKK 340|1;
RECEIVE
163
PQ: NATIONALITY
1.
NO
M25/14 1425/10
Англю
I submit a draft reply to the attached PQ by
Mr Robert Parry MP for written answer.
See (174
The reply is based
on information supplied by Hong Kong.
NTD concur.
2.
The category of British citizens does not come into
legal effect until 1 January 1983, when the present description
of 'Citizen of United Kingdom and Colonies (CUKC)' is replaced
by the categories of citizenship created under the British
Nationality Act 1981.
3.
At present there are about 2,988,000 CUKCS in Hong Kong.
It is estimated that at 1 January 1983 there will be 19,000
British citizens and 2,969,000 British Dependent Territories
citizens. This compares with the previous (1976) estimate of
2.6 million used when the White Paper on the British Nationality
Act was published in July 1980.
14 October 1982
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Mr Donald
Mr Howells NTD Mr Partridge MVD
R D Clift
Hong Kong and General Department