CONFIDENCIAL # (82) 43
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OTHER BUSINESS
(a) THE IMPLICATIONS OF NOT AMENDING HONG KONG
LEGISLATION PRIOR TO COMMENCEMENT OF THE BRITISH NATIONALITY ACT 1981 ON 1 JANUARY 1983 XCCI (82)55
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The Council noted the contents of memorandum
XCCI (82) 55 mm bor. Et patter
NAF2/121
Mr Mathews explained that applicants for naturalisation
under the BNA in Hong Kong could only be charged for the services of the Immigration Department under a Hong Kong ordinance: hence the need for the British Nationality
(Act (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Amendment) Bill 1982.
(b)
SADA (The Secretary for Security, Mr D.G. JEAFFRESON,
the Crown Solicitor, Mr J.F. MATHEWS, and the Director
of Immigration, Mr R.G.B. BRIDGE, attended before the
Council to answer questions raised) W.
INVOLVEMENT OF RECENT ARRIVALS IN CRIME
XCCI (82) 54 . :
Victorven (SCR 7/2801/79)
doni un atves The Council noted the contents of memorandum
G.S. 100
XCCI (82) 54.
:
Members were informed that the population as at
30 June was used as a reference figure, and provided
that the same reference figure was used year by year.
there would be relatively little statistical distortion.
The enumeration of the adult population from the age of
seven upwards was because that was the minimum age at
which a person could be prosecuted.
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