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DIRECTOR OF ADM.
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giving civil servants the
Your suggestion about giving civil
right of abode in the UK on the strength of their passports
is not entirely clear to me. If you are suggesting that
their British passports secured under the Scheme should
entitle them to the right of abode in the UK should they
choose to live here, you may rest assured that this is the
case.
I understand the plight of separated families, and
the importance of retaining key people in Hong Kong.
The
British Nationality Scheme has been designed to give key
people in Hong Kong an insurance so that
that they
they or their
family members do not have to leave Hong Kong in quest for
one.
I am convinced that the scheme
has fulfilled
objective.
its
to
the
I am sending a Copy of this letter
Secretary of State for Wales and Mr Michael Stern, MP.
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