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Hong Kong Department
2 September 1991
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BRITISH NATIONALITY ACT 1981: DR C H LEONG
Problem
A 1. How to reply to Dr Leong's letter of 20 August,
following up about the point he raised with the
Minister of State in Hong Kong last month.
Recommendation
2.
I recommend that Lord Caithness send an interim reply
assuring Dr Leong that the case is being considered in
consultation with the Home Office and I submit a draft
covering reply to Dr Leong.
Background and Argument
3. Lord Caithness is familiar with the background to this problem. At Lord Caithness's meeting with OMELCO members on
23 July in Hong Kong, Dr Leong raised what he described as
an "anomaly" of the BNA 1981. Lord Caithness asked for
detailed information so that he could follow up with the
Home Office. Dr Leong has now written to Lord Caithness
with the information, and urging that the Home Secretary
should use his powers under Section 3(1) of the Act to grant
full British citizenship to the affected children of British
KIPAHK/1
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