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RECEIVES
REGISTRY
1 8 JUN 1990
FROM:
A R Paul
Hong Kong Department
DESK OFFICER
INDEX
PA
REGISTRY
Action Taken
DATE:
14 June 1990
Mr McLaren
LETTER FROM LORD SHARP: THE EURASIAN OR ANGLO-CHINESE
COMMUNITY IN HONG KONG
(32) FILE
1.
I submit a draft letter from you to Lord Sharp.
2. A copy of the Ministerial reply to Mr Ho is also attached. This letter was based on a draft supplied by the
Home Office. It was not submitted through me, or cleared
with me.
On reading it, I think it was an error to lump the Eurasian or Anglo-Chinese community together with the non Chinese ethnic minorities in Hong Kong. The two groups seem to me to be quite distinct.
3.
Accordingly, I have sought in the draft for you to send to finesse the point, while making use of the general assurance which Ministers have given in Parliament in respect to the non ethnic Chinese. I have also asked
Mr Morris to revert to the Home Office on the question of
the distinction between Anglo-Chinese and non ethnic
Chinese.
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ARPame
A R Paul