E.R.
From:
Vivienne Dews
B2 Division Lunar House 760 1228
June 11, 1990
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RECEIVER REGISTRY
17 JUL 1990
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Ms Spencer Mr Langdon
Mr Morris Mr Moorey Mrs Grimsey
Mr Harrington Mr JB Taylor
Mr Morris FCO
Ms Dent
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WIVES OF EXPATRIATE BRITISH CITIZENS IN HONG KONG: MEETING WITH THE RT HON PAUL CHANNON MP ON TUESDAY 12 JUNE
This note is briefing for the Home Secretary's meeting on 12 June with the Rt Hon Paul Channon MP and Mr Julian Walsh, the Chairman of the Concerned British Expatriates Society in Hong Kong at which they will press for the spouses of British citizens living in Hong Kong to be granted British citizenship in line with the spouses of beneficiaries under the Hong Kong Bill.
LINE TO TAKE
1
The general intention of the BNA 1981 is that British
citizenship should not be acquired automatically through marriage but should be available only to people who have
thrown in their lot with the UK. Hence spouses now have to
satisfy a requirement of three years residence. This applies to the spouses of expatriate British citizens throughout the
world.
The arrangements in
in the Hong Kong Bill depart from that
principle but only because they are intended to meet a unique
set of circumstances. The beneficiaries will be a limited and
carefully selected group of key workers and their immediate
families. This is a specific measure aimed at enhancing confidence in Hong Kong.