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Dependent Territories Quota
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Thank you for your letter of 26 November to
David Waddington.
2. The announcement of the abolition of the quota for Hong Kong will be received with disappointment in the
territory and particularly by the local Hong Kong Chinese
community in this country. But this should be
manageable.
3.
As for the answer to the PQ announcing the scheme, I
enclose a revised draft which omits any reference to the British Nationality (Hong Kong) Act. The point is that
the Act is not a substitute for the Work Permit Quota
since the two schemes have entirely different objectives and cater for distinct groups of people. So in a strict sense the introduction of one does not justify the
abolition of the other. The Governor of Hong Kong is
also strongly of this view.
4.
I am copying this minute to members of OPD(K), the
Chief Whip, Sir Percy Cradock and to Sir Robin Butler.
(DOUGLAS HURD)
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
6 December 1990
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