E.R.
HKD 3404
BRITISH NATIONALITY (HONG KONG) (SELLECHIVED SCHEME) ORDER"
3 0 OCT 1990
DESK OFFICER
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COMMONS DEBATE ON AFFIRMATIVE ORDER
1990:
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Vastio
I beg to move that the British Nationality (Hong Kong) (Selection
Scheme) Order 1990, a draft of which was laid before this House
on 15 October, be approved. Subject to approval in this House
and in another place, the Order will come into force on 1
December.
The Order sets out the scheme which the Governor of Hong Kong
proposes to use to select up to 50,000 key people whom he will
recommend to the Secretary of State for registration as British
citizens under the British Nationality (Hong Kong) Act 1990.
Mr Speaker, the selection scheme which the Governor has presented
to the Home Secretary and which is before this House for approval
tonight, is a complex one and represents months of detailed work
by Hong Kong and United Kingdom government officials. Comments
and suggestions have been received from a wide range of bodies
with interests in Hong Kong's continued prosperity and stability;
and, of course, both Houses examined outline proposals for the
scheme with great care during the passage of the British
Nationality (Hong Kong) Act.
During those discussions,
the Government made clear that it
intended to listen with an open mind to constructive criticism
of the scheme and suggestions for ways in which it might be
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