HMG
to
the PRC at the Transfer Date is a recognition of
political reality.
12.1
that
such
transfer of
The concern of your Petitioners is not to seek to
turn back the hands of history's clock, but rather to
persuade HMG to recognise
jurisdiction and sovereignty cannot extinguish their
responsibility for British nationals.
12.2
In particular those British nationals of whatever
minority ethnic group who came to Hong Kong because it was
British and contributed to its success and prosperity while
British, are entitled
it
has
remained
to
special
consideration.
12.3
to
Hong Kong Indians and other ethnic minorities, the
subject matter of this Petition, came
Hong Kong at a
time when it was and was thought likely to remain under
British rule. The Chinese future for Hong Kong is less
attractive to them than it is to the ethnic Chinese.
too is a recognition of political reality.
This
12.4
British Nationality and Immigration law is replete
with "special cases": the case of the Falkland Islanders;
the case of the inhabitants of
Gibraltar; the case of the
Asian victims of Africanisation. For the foregoing
reasons
the Hong Kong Indians claim that they are entitled to be
considered as a special case in their own right.
12.5
For the foreseeable future members of the Hong
Indian community would wish to remain and work in Hong
Their desire for British citizenship and the right
of abode in the United Kingdom is a desire for insurance:
Kong
Kong.
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