CONFIDENTIAL
To
PS/Minister for Trade
Cc PS/SOS
PS/Sir P Gregson
Mr Dell
From
David Love
Hd OT2/2
V/347
215 5374
December 1990
Mr Adams
PEP
Mr Meadway OT2
Mr Rogers PEP
Mr Johnston C
Mr Lewis
Miss Gray
Mr Paul HKD, FCO
Mr Morris HKD, FCO
BRITISH NATIONALITY (HONG KONG) ACT 1990: LIST OF BRITISH UNDERTAKINGS
Issue
The Minister should note the action being taken to agree a list of British undertakings for use by the Hong Kong Immigration Department when processing applications for British citizenship under the scheme for key business personnel within the British Nationality (Hong Kong) Act 1990.
Timing
Routine, though if the Minister has any concerns we will need to clear them up before the list is published in Hong Kong in January.
Argument
1 There has been no difficulty with the vast majority of the cases considered by the Advisory Group to the Governor. Their task is to decide whether he should regard them as "British" undertakings under the Act.
2 There are howevera few difficult categories of case. For these the Advisory Group had adopted the following criteria, with which we and FCO officials agree:
(a)
Companies whose ownership has been affected by take-overs
Companies which are now British-owned should qualify, including service in any period when they were not British-owned; companies, like Leyland Bus or Coates Brothers, who continue to have a wholly British flavour,
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