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ARRANGEMENTS FOR REGISTRATION OF HONG KONG BRITISH DEPENDENT
TERRITORY CITIZENS (BDTCS) AS BRITISH NATIONALS (OVERSEAS)
(BN (O)s)
Problem
1.
The Hong Kong Government wish to encourage over
3 million BDTCs to register as BN (O)s in an orderly manner before 1 July 1997 so as to avoid a last minute rush of
applications in 1997. How to achieve this?
Recommendation
2.
I recommend that Ministers approve in principle the
drafting of an Order in Council setting cut-off dates for
BDTCs and BN (0)s. The detailed arrangements need further discussion with HKG, but this need not delay a decision on
the principle. Our Legal Counsellor has been consulted.
Home Office Ministers, who will be responsible for the Order
in Council, have now approved these arrangements in
principle.
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