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Hong Kong Government is undertaking a review of its
legislation on this. Best to wait the outcome of the
review.
NATIONALITY ISSUES
Understand you will be seeing Charles Wardle. Leave
detail to him.
Impractical for all 3 million BDTCs to be given right of abode in UK. In any case, BDTCs derive their British nationality from a connection with Hong Kong,
not the UK. We are working for a stable and
prosperous Hong Kong post-1997;
continue to make their home.
a Hong Kong they can
British Nationality Scheme on target. First phase will end this year. Second to start early 1994 ending by Autumn 1995.
Scheme has successfully targeted key people whose
presence is essential for the future success of the
territory.
Members of ethnic community free to compete in scheme. Managers of small businesses and there are many in the ethnic community
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have done well.
The figure of 225,000 always intended as an
illustrative, not definitive, maximum of people who
might benefit. Key figure is 50,000 the maximum
number of households that can benefit under the scheme.
That is in the Act.
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