LegCo request.
HMG will
consider
sympathetically
applications for registration as British citizens under
Section 4(5) of the British Nationality Act 1981 from any
who are eligible under this provision because they are
British Dependent Territories citizens or other British
nationals, and served under the Government of Hong Kong,
for example in the Hong Kong volunteers. The number who
might be eligible is likely to be about 60.
Government is also ready to accept and grant applications
from any of the 270 or so former servicemen in Hong Kong
together with their
their dependants who wish to come to the
United Kingdom for settlement.
The
I believe the arrangements we have made for ex-servicemen
meet the concerns of the Association. I note that Mr
addressed
Jack Edwards, who
last year, is quoted
April as saying the
we are concerned".
itself.
the FEPOW Annual Assembly
in the Hong Kong Standard of 24
announcement
I think
is "good news as far as
this
reaction speaks for