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OCMIAN 9628
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OO HOKON
FM FCOLN TO HOKON
221530Z JAN
GRS 1447
CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG
TELNO 143
OF 22153OZ JANUARY 86
INFO ROUTINE PEKING
нии осок
RECEIVED IN REGISTRY
24 JAN 1986
DESK:OFFICER
INDLA
PA
REGISTRY Action Taken
153
YOUR TELNO 232:
1.
PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE ON NATIONALITY WHITE PAPER
FOLLOWING IS UNOFFICIAL TEXT OF CONSERVATIVE PARTY
CENTRAL OFFICE BRIEFING DOCUMENT. THIS IS FOR YOUR OWN
INFORMATION. YOU SHOULD NOT REVEAL THAT YOU HAVE IT, OR ENTER
INTO AN ARGUMENT WITH SCMP OR ANYONE ELSE ABOUT ITS WORDING.
BEGINS
HONG KONG: NATIONALITY ARRANGEMENTS:
(I)
(NEXT FOUR WORDS UNDERLINED) NON-ETHNIC CHINESE BDTC'S
INTRODUCTION
1.
OF THE ROUGHLY THREE AND A QUARTER MILLION BDTCR IN HONG
KONG ABOUT TEN THOUSAND ARE NOT OF CHINESE ETHNIC ORIGIN. SOME 6,000 OF THESE ARE OF ETHNIC INDIAN ORIGIN. THEY ARE NOT REGARDED BY THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT AS CHINESE CITIZENS BUT THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT DECLARATION GUARANTEES THE RIGHT OF ABODE TO
THE FOLLOWING NON-CHINESE NATIONALS:
(A)
(B)
THOSE WHO HAVE LIVED IN HONG KONG FOR SEVEN YEARS AND
HAVE TAKEN IT AS THEIR PLACE OF PERMANENT RESIDENC:
ANY CHILDREN OF SUCH PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 21 BORN IN
HONG KONG BEFORE OR AFTER 1997:
(C)
ANYONE WHO BEFORE 1997 HAS A RIGHT OF ABODE IN HONG KONG
ONLY.
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