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Arthur Lewis Esq MP
Mr Rifkind
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Following my answers to your two recent written parliamentary questions (nos. 170W and 173W) about Hong Kong, you put some 'supplementaries'. I am writing to answer those.
In respect of the answer to question 170W about
those resident in Hong Kong able to claim admission and residence in the United Kingdom, you ask how, if the number of persons, other than patrials, who have right of admission or
re-admission is unknown, it is possible to
qualify the number as small, The people in question are part of the very large group of Hong Kong belongers ie natives of Hong Kong
(who will become British Dependent Territories
Citizens on 1 January next). In general, these
people do not have the right of abode in the
United Kingdom nor, if they have visited the
United Kingdom in the past, necessarily the right of re-admission. However, a small but,
since we have not kept statistics or other
records, nevertheless unknown) number of these
people have acquired the right of abode in, or
right to re-admission to, the United Kingdom because they have been able to qualify through visiting this country and remaining here
legally for the requisite period. The number of
such people in Hong Kong in relation to the overall number of Hong Kong belongers is, in our
view, small.
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