MEMBERS OF LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL
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立法局議員
Rt Hon Bernard Weatherill MP
House of Commons
LONDON SW1A OAA
UK
3 January 1986
Dear Mr Weatherill,
The White Paper on the Draft Hong Kong (British Nationality) Order 1986
I am writing to you on behalf of all the Unofficial Members
Members of the Legislative Council to express their deep concern on issues raised in this White Paper. That concern is shared by all Unofficial Members, both the 22 appointed Members and the 24 elected Members, and accurately reflects, I believe, the views of the community at large.
You may already have received reports about the adjournment debate on the White Paper on the Draft Hong Kong (British Nationality) Order 1986, which took place in the Legislative Council on the 4th December last. My purpose in writing to
you is to impress on you the importance which LegCo Members attach to this draft legislation and the deep sense of unease disappointment which they and many other people have about the measures it proposes.
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Their worries have focussed on (i) the acceptability in countries around the world of yet another unproven type of British passport, and (ii) the proposal to leave stranded in Hong Kong nearly 10,000 people of
Legislative Council Building, 8 Jackson Road, Central, Hong Kong. A# + FÅ EI^#15 Tel: 5-8440700
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