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FM HONG KONG 31051OZ JAN 85(CORRECTED VERSION)
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TELEGRAM NUMBER 251 OF 31 JANUARY
YOUR TELNO 182
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INDEX
4 FEB 1985
BREAKDOWN OF HONG KONG POPULATION BY NATIONALITY STATUS.
THE 4,500 STATELESS PERSONS OF NON-CHINESE RACE CONSIST MAINLY OF VIETNAMESE AND CAMBODIANS WHO WERE IN HONG KONG AT THE FALL OF SAIGON AND PHNOM PENH, PLUS A HANDFUL OF OTHER ETHNIC MINORITIES. ALTHOUGH THEY DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO LAND, THESE PERSONS HAVE BEEN GRANTED PERMANENT UNCONDITIONAL STAY AFTER NINE YEARS OF RESIDENCE IN HONG KONG. THEY ARE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR NATURALISATION AS BDTC IN HONG KONG.
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