HMG DOING TOO LITTLE?
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NON-CHINESE BDTCS TO BE GIVEN RIGHT OF ABODE IN UK?
25. Not appropriate to distinguish between different groups of Hong
Kong BDTCs. Agreement provides in effect for all
person who have
made their home in Hong Kong to retain their right of abode there.
This of course includes non-Chinese BDTCs.
ACCEPT HONG KONG BDTCS FOR RESETTLEMENT IN UK IF THEY WANT?
treatment.
26. It would be wrong to single out Hong Kong BDTCs for special
Our aim in negotiating agreement has been to create a
secure future for Hong Kong and an environment in which Hong Kong
people can continue to live and work with confidence. I believe
that We have achieved this.
HMG SHOULD GRANT RIGHT OF ABODE TO THOSE WITH BRITISH HONOURS
treatment.
In
27. Appreciate intention of proposal. Would be divisive in Hong
Kong to single out those with honours as a group for favourable
certain very limited cases rights of admission will
exist at the discretion of the Home Secretary, but this will be on a
very limited basis for people who have been exposed to special
factors and considerations.
OBLIGATION UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW то ADMIT NON-ETHNIC CHINESE
BN (0)S
28.
The Government does not consider that under current public
international law there is a clear obligation on it to admit those
of its nationals who do not have the right of abode. The agreement specifically provides for all those who have made their home
in Hong
Kong to have the right of abode there. The Government believes that
the agreement provides the necessary
guarantees about the future to
enable its present inhabitants to continue to live and
prosper
there.
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