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HONG KONG : NATIONALITY
1. AT THE END OF HIS MEETING WITH LEGCO ON 23 JANUARY MR RENTON WAS TOLD BY LYDIA DUNN THAT THERE WAS CONCERN IN A NUMBER OF DISTRICT BOARDS ABOUT THE FUTURE OF SOME 55,000 ETHNIC CHINESE WHO HAD BECOME BRITISH NATIONALS THROUGH NATURALISATION. SHE THOUGHT THIS PROBLEM MIGHT RE MENTIONED TO THE MINISTER WHEN HE ADDRESSED LEGCO LATER THAT EVENING.
2. IN THE EVENT, NO-ONE RAISED THE SUBJECT AT THE LEGCO MEETING. MR RENTON NEVERTHELESS THINKS IT WOULD MAKE SENSE FOR THE DELEGATION OF HONG KONG OFFICIALS DUE TO VISIT THE UK TO DISCUSS THE NON-ETHNIC CHINESE AND THE EX- SERVICEMEN TO RE BRIEFED ALSO ON THE BACKGROUND TO THIS PROBLEM.
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