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June 1993
Esq
Mr David Martin/M.P
House of Commons
London SW1A OAA
Thank you for your letter of 7 June about the concerns of your
constituent Mrs D S French, Flat, Greenwich Court, 25 King Street, Southsea over the granting of British Citizenship to Locally Enlisted Personnel working in Hong Kong.
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The British Nationality (Hong Kong) Act 1990 was introduced by the British Government in order to enable key people in the public and private sectors of the Hong Kong community to obtain British passports. Under the scheme, which operates on a points system, full British passports will be offered to a maximum of
50,000 heads of household. The spouses and children under 18 of these principal beneficiaries will also receive passports.
These 50,000 places are now being allocated to successful applicants in two tranches. The deadline for applications for
the first tranche of about 40,000 places was 28 February 1991.
The Hong Kong Government and Home Office team are currently processing these applications and aim to complete them some time this year.
The remaining places in the second tranche will be
in order to provide an opportunity
issued between 1994 and 1991
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to those Hong Kong people who will by then have moved into key positions.
Local serving members of the Royal Navy are able to apply under