(c) What is Government doing to resolve Vietnamese refugee problem?
ROGER SIMS
(a) Joint Liaison Group: what will be work of sub-groups? Assumed
Joint Liaison Group and sub-groups would include Hong Kong Chinese as well as diplomats.
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
(f)
(g)
Debates on orders must last longer than 1 hours. Should be possible to debate draft order before proposals are finalised. Nationality should be settled quickly and status of non-ethnic
Chinese clarified to avoid statelessness.
Solution needed to Vietnamese refugees problem.
To what extent will orders under paragraph 3 of the Schedule deal with judicial system, public service, finance, ownership
of property, education and freedoms? Such orders would merit
affirmative resolution procedures so they can be debated.
Importance of regular debates on Hong Kong.
Most important change before 1997 will be move towards
representative government.
IVOR STANBROOK
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
(e)
to
Undesirable to alter Act of Parliament by Order in Council
made under different Act. Government should be required
remove nationality from Bill and to
from Bill and to amend BNA 1981 properly
through an amending Bill.
Absurd to provide British status for Hong Kong people after
they become Chinese nationals. Unkind to people concerned.
Ethnic Chinese can be accommodated within Chinese citizenship
provisions.
Why have Government not used BOC instead of creating new
category for people of Hong Kong?
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Would not deny 6,000 or so potentially stateless people
British citizenship.
HMOCS in Hong Kong have right to know that their interests
(promotion, transfer, pensions) will be protected. Otherwise
morale will suffer.
IAN WRIGGLESWORTH
(a)
Preferable to have extra week before Committee stage for
assimilation of Hong Kong's views. But Bill should have