Amendment).
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Austrialia and
Canada:
Japan:
Have welcomed our efforts to encourage key
people to remain in Hong Kong. Although
their worldwide immigration policy does not
permit specific schemes for Hong Kong alone, some flexibility already exists in their rules from which we hope Hong Kong residence
can benefit. Canada has also been
particularly supportive in looking for ways of bolstering Hong Kong's international
position.
Although Japan has been unable to help over
passports, has been helpful in other ways, such as encouraging continued investment in
the territory.
Chinese attitude for passports/civil service
B 7. A summary of Chinese statements on our nationality
package and a background note on the Chinese attitude are
attached.
C
D
Section 4(5) of the British Nationality Act
8. Section 4(5) was introduced into the 1981 Act in
response to representations from Hong Kong. It is a discretionary provision which allows the Home Secretary to register as a British citizen a BDTC who, inter alia, is or
has been in Crown service under the Government of a
dependent territory. The then Home Secretary made clear at
the time that Section 4 (5) was intended to be used in
exceptional circumstances only. To date the Home Secretary
has received 540 applications and granted 11.
9.
During the Second Reading debate on 19 April
Mr Ivor Stanbrook asked the Home Secretary whether
Section 4 (5) had now been superseded.
Mr Lloyd clarified
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