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FROM: A R Paul
Hong Kong Department
DATE: 25 January 1990
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Mr McLaren
Miss Spencer
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Mr Lidington
HKD 34014
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Action Take;.
1. In your minute of 12 January, you asked for advice on questions
which were raised with Mr Maude by the Chinatown Conservative
Association. The following information is based on discussions with
the Home Office.
B
Comparison of immigration from Hong Kong and Japan.
2.
The Chinatown Conservative Association claimed that the number
of immigrants from Japan was larger than that from Hong Kong and
asked whether Hong Kong people would be able to use the same route.
Home Office figures confirm that in 1988, 1150 Hong Kong BDTCs were
accepted for settlement in the UK compared with 1340 Japanese. Most Japanese immigration arises from Japanese investment in the UK. Home Office records show that about one third of the 1,340 Japanese
who qualified for settlement in 1988 had entered the UK under the
Immigration Rules with a work permit to manage Japanese factories
etc and were accepted for settlement after four years' employment
there. Most of the remainder were spouses and dependants.
very few of them settle here permanently or go on to acquire British
citizenship. In 1988, only twelve Japanese people were granted citizenship compared to several hundred BDTCS from Hong Kong.
However,
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