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generations of non-Chinese
persons.
It would not be appropriate
as a general principle to
grant
British nationality indefinitely
and without restrictions to the descendants of British nationals.
However, problems of further generations and potential statelessnes
and we are looking hee into the next century are being urgently
made by the non-Chinese
examined in response to
community in Hong Kong.
representations
INDIANS
A number of Lords raised
Second Reading debate as a
Kong Indian Associations. right of abode of the Indian community in Hong Kong, the majority of
which is composed of people who have been ordinarily resident in
Hong Kong for a continuous period of not less than 7 years, is
clearly provided for in Section XIV of Annex I to the Joint
Declaration. There is no need for them therefore to seek an
the position of
of ethnic Indians in the
result of lobbying by the Council of Hong
Ministers have taken the line that the
alternative right of abode.
OTHER DIFFICULTIES
A full list of nationality supplementaries dealing inter alia with
the points raised in the Second Reading debate are attached.
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