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SUBJECT:
HONG KONG NATIONALITY ORDER IN COUNCIL
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We now expect the Parliamentary debate on the Hong
Kong nationality Order in Council to take place on 16
January.
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2.
I understand that the Unofficial members of the
Hong Kong
Executive and
will Legislative Councils Members in the House of
be
writing to MPs
to MP and Lords summarising the points made in
December.
on
4
Order debate of the draft the Legislative Council debate
On the basis of past debates on Hong Kong
matters, MP s will probably raise a number of these
points, and will wi sh to know that
Ministers have been
fully briefed on Hong Kong views. With this in mind I
enclose two special
two special reports we have commissioned from the
Governor of Hong Kong: (a) a report on views expressed by
in the people of Hong Kong and the press on the White Paper and (b) a series of telegrams reporting the debate
on the Order in Council in the Hong Kong Legislative
Council, and reaction
to it.
to You may wish
refer
in
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