DEC 04 '95 18:52 GIS HK
MARTIN LEE
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May I quote a few passages from a very recent publication by "The Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigranta" entitled "A Question of Belonging nationality law and the future of Hong Kong":-
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"That law (that is, British nationality law) was morally indefensible and has indeed left many Chinese BDTCs in Hong Kong feeling that they have been sold out; but it would be doubly unjust if their situation were to be used as an excuse for failing to act to relieve the plight of an even more disadvantaged group." (page 24)
At page 26, it reads:-
"It must be an absolute priority that the British invention of "one country, six citizenshipa" does not leave anyone with "one citizenship, no country".
Their recommendation is as follows:
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"The few thousand British nationals in Hong Kong who An not have another nationality and are effectively stateless should therefore be granted full British
citizenship."
I agree with their views and conclusions.
Sir, I entirely agree with my other honourable friend
MX John Swaina 17 his plea for
20 ex-servicemen in the 400 or
Hong Kong. Every year on Remembrance. Sunday, members of this Council line up before the Cenotaph and pay respect to "The Glorious Dead", many of whom were the deceased colleagues of these 400 ex-servicemen. It is of course right and proper that
WA not also wa should honour our dead warriors; but should honour the living? Has Great Britain shrunk to such an extent that she cannot even allow such a small number of ex-servicemen to live there, if they should wish to do so?
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