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FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 535
OF 190905Z FEBRUARY 86
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YOUR TELNO 291 : HONG KONG AGREEMENT : NATIONALITY ORDER-IN-COUNCIL.
1. WE CONFIRM THAT THE 11,000 MENTIONED IN YOUR PARA 1 ARE BC'S.
2. THE FIGURE OF 15,000 (RETEL PARA 2) REFER TO THE NUKBER OF
TEMPORARY RESIDENTS ELIGIBLE TO CANCELLATION OF CONDITIONS NOW, BUT
WHO HAVE NOT YET APPLIED FOR IT. BREAKDOWN BY MAIN NATIONALITIES
IS AS FOLLOWS :-
NATIONALITY
MHM 040/4 нин
RECEIVED PEGISTRY
19 FEB 1986
DESK OFFICER
NUMBER
PERCENTAGE
INDIAN
3160
21
PER CENT
PAKISTANK
1930
12.9 PER CENT
AMERICAN
1160
7.7 PER CENT INDEX
PORTUGUESE
670
4.4 PER CENT
AUSTRALIAN
370
2.5 PER CENT
MALAYSIAN
360
2.4 PER CENT
JAPANESE
270
1.8 PER CENT
SINGAPOREAN
260
1.7 PER CENT
CANADIAN
190
1.3 PER CENT
THAN
130
0.9 PER CENT
REGISTRY
PA
Action Taken
THE REMAINING AMOUNT TO 6500 OR 43.4 PER CENT WHICH COVERS 139
NATIONALITIES.
3. WE HAVE NO VERIFIABLE INFORMATION ON THE ESTIMATED 4,500
NON-CHINESE STATELESS. WE BELIEVE THAT MOST ORIGNIATED FORM
INDO-CHINA, SOME OF THEM STRANDED IN HONG KONG AT THE FALL OF
SAIGON AND MAY BE REGARDED AS CHINESE NATIONALS.
YOUDE
HONG KONG AGREEMENT: NATIONALITY
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
HD/NTD
RESEARCH D (MR WALKER)
DEP HD/PUSD
PS
PS/MR RENTON
PS/PUS
SIR W HARDING MR WILSON
COPIES TO:
MR ROBERTS, NEWS DEPT
MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS
MR GRAINGER, LEGAL ADVISERS
MR D MCDOUGALL, MVD
MR HYDE, HOME OFFICE
MR EMERY, B4 DIV, HOME OFFICE, CROYDON
MR NICHOLSON, PASSPORT DEPT, HOME OFFICE
ROOM 236, CLIVE HOUSE.
MR MCDONOUGH, B2 DIV, HOME OFFICE
MR WOOD LEGAL ADVISERS
MR HUM FID
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