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CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG 13044OZ APR 85
TO PRIORITY FCO
TELEGRAM WUNDER 714 OF 13 APRIL
INFO PRIORILIX PEKING
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OUR TELNO 891: HONG KONG AGREEMENT : NATIONALITY
ORDER IN COUNCIL
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AFTER FURTHER CONSIDERATION WE WISH TO PROPOSE THE FOLLOWING
AMENDMENTS TO OUR TELMO 631:
(4) PARA. 1(C). THE WORDS AFTER 'IF' SHOULD READ
*(1) HE WAS BORN THERE BEFORE 1 JANUARY 1983: OR
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(11) HE WAS BORN THERE ON OR AFTER 1 JANUARY 1983 AND AT THE TIME
OF HIS BIRTH EITHER OF HIS PARENTS WAS SETTLED THERE:
OR
(111) HIS PARENT OR HIS GRANDPARENT WAS BORN THERE: OR
(IV) HE, HIS PARENT OR HIS GRANDPARENT IS OR WAS A PERSON
NATURALISED OR REGISTERED THERE."
(3) PARA. 2(L). THE WORDS AFTER 'IF' TO READ
*(A) HE WAS BORN THERE BEFORE 1 JANUARY 1983: OR
(B) HE WAS BORN THERE ON OR AFTER 1 JANUARY 1983 AND AT THE TIME
OF HIS BIRTH EITHER OF HIS PARENTS WAS SETTLED THERE:
OR
(C) HIS PARENT OR HIS GRANDPARENT WAS BORN THERE: OR
(D) HE, HIS PARENT OR GRANDPARENT, IS OR WAS A PERSON NATURALISED
OR REGISTERED THERE.'
2. THE AMENDMENTS ARE INTENDED TO PROVIDE THAT PERSONS BORN IN A
DEPENDENT TERRITORY OTHER THAN HONG KONG BEFORE 1 JANUARY 1933
SHOULD BE EXCEPTED FROM LOSS REGARDLESS OF THEIR PARENTS'
IMMIGRATION STATUS IN THAT DEPENDENT TERRITORY AT THE TIME OF
THEIR BIRTH.
YOUDE
HONG KONG AGREEMENT: NATIONALITY.
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
HD/NTD
RESEARCH DEPT.(MR WALKER)
PS
PS/MR LUCE
PS/LADY YOUNG
PS/PUS
SIR W HARDING MR WILSON
CONFIDENTIAL
COPIES TO:
MR ROBERTS, NEWS DEPT.
MR BURROWS, LEGAL ADVISERS
MR GRAINGER, LEGAL ADVISERS
MR HYDE, HOME OFFICE
MR NICHOLSON, PASSPORT DEPT, HOI
OFFICE.
MR EMERY, B4 DIV, HOME OFFICE,
CROYDON.
Mr Miller, MVD