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WE AGREE GENERALLY WITH YOUR PROPOSED REPLY TO MARTIN LEE'S LEGCO QUESTION. YOU MAY HOWEVER LIKE TO AMEND PARA 2 (A)(I) TO READ ''HMG HAS NO DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS OR CONSULAR
REPRESENTATION IN TAIWAN''.
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IN PARA 2 (B) WE SUGGEST THE FOLLOWING:-
LINE 2 ''HONG KONG RESIDENTS TRAVELLING ABROAD ON HONG KONG TRAVEL DOCUMENTS IN THE SAME WAY AS TO BRITISH CITIZENS ETC''.
LINE 5 ''WITH WHICH HMG HAS NO DIPLOMATIC OR CONSULAR RELATIONS''.
LINE 7 ''CURRENTLY COUNTRIES OR TERRITORIES IN THIS CATEGORY INCLUDE TAIWAN, NORTH KOREA AND ALBANIA''.
3. YOU HAVE OBVIOUSLY CONSIDERED THE DUAL NATIONAL IMPLICATIONS OF HONG KONG RESIDENTS TRAVELLING IN CHINA. BUT YOUR PROPOSED REPLY COVERS THIS IN THAT BRITISH CITIZENS WHO ARE DUAL NATIONALS IN THE COUNTRY OF THEIR SECOND NATIONALITY WOULD BE IN
THE SAME POSITION.
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WE WOULD BE INTERESTED IN YOUR VIEWS ON WHY MARTIN LEE HAS CHOSEN TO US SUCH A QUESTION NOW. PRESUMABLY HIS INTEREST MAY HAVE BEEN STIMULATED BY THE START OF THE OPERATION PASSPORT SCHEME ON 1 DECEMBER.
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