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Mr Barrington
PS/Mr Eggar
Private Secretary
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FROM: D W PARTRIDGE, NTD
DATE: 2 APRIL 1986
Copies with attachments to:
Mr Harrison, Consular Dept Mr Hum HKD
Mr Escritt, Finance Dept. Mr Grainger, Legal Advisers
ISSUE OF PASSPORTS TO BRITISH NATIONALS (OVERSEAS) IN HONG KONG
PROBLEM
1. How should the fees collected for the issue of
passports to British Nationals (Overseas) (BN(O)s) in
Hong Kong between 1 July 1987 and 30 June 1997 be
allocated and who should bear the administrative cost
of issuing the passports?
RECOMMENDATION
2. I recommend that the consular fees collected for
passports issued to BN(0)s in Hong Kong by the Governor
(acting as agent for the Secretary of State) should be
retained in full by the Government of Hong Kong and that
the latter should bear all the staffing and administrative
charges connected with the issue of the passports,
including the cost of the blank passports. The Treasury
have agreed to this arrangement, which would be as close
as possible to the present arrangements as regards the
fees for passports issued in Hong Kong to British
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