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DATE:
20 December 1990
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Mr McLaren
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Mr Fifoot, Legal
Advisers
Inverently to kee. Jagree P. Heap
PS/Lord Caithness should write
as suggested i tel 405, Some might not want to be classed
BRITISH NATIONALITY (HONG KONG) ACT: BRITISH UNDERTAKINGS
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a British. Paul Fefoor is right b say, those who are auctail list must have every opportung
1. Mr Heap's Advisory Group are now in the final stages of
to part
producing a list of British undertakings for the purposes of the Nationality Act. What steer should we give them about then
the "difficult" cases, such as Hutchisons and Wharf?
Recommendation
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2. I recommend that the approach adopted by the Group
should be generally endorsed but that Mr Heap should be
advised that Ministers would expect such companies to be
included as "British", in view of their close connection with the UK. Mr Heap should, as he proposes, write to the Chairman of such companies requesting relevant information
to facilitate this.
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Background and Argument
3.
Mr Heap reports in BTC telno 405 that the Advisory Group
have now reached a decision on all but 33 of the firms known
to them. They have approved 670 and rejected about 150. The majority of these have already been examined by the DTI who have confirmed that most of them are registered or are
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