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HONG KONG BRITISH NATIONALITY AMENDMENT ORDER 1993 : LETTER TO MR GOODLAD FROM MRS ELSIE TU
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TU.
THANK YOU FOR SENDING US A DRAFT OF YOU PROPOSED REPLY TO MRS
2. WE AGREED WITH THE SUBSTANCE OF THE DRAFT, BUT WISH TO SUGGEST THAT IT BE STRENGTHENED TO FURTHER ADDRESS THE CONCERNS EXPRESSED BY LEGCO MEMBERS EARLIER, PARTICULARLY ON THE POINT THAT NO ELIGIBLE PERSON'S RIGHTS TO A PASSPORT WILL BE TAKEN AWAY.
3. WE ALSO SUGGEST THE FOLLOWING TEXTUAL AMENDMENTS TO THE DRAFT REPLY
PARA 3: REPLACE THE SECOND SENTENCE BY QUOTE IF, AS YOU SAY, VERY LARGE NUMBERS OF APPLICATIONS WERE MADE CLOSE TO 1997, IT IS ALMOST CERTAIN THAT MANY WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO OBTAIN THEIR BN (O) PASSPORT BEFORE THE POWER FOR FIRST ISSUE CEASES ON 1 JULY 1997 UNQUOTE.
PARA 3, FIFTH LINE: REPLACE QUOTE RIGHT TO REGISTER UNQUOTE BY QUOTE BN (0) PASSPORTS UNQUOTE. ALSO ADD QUOTE BOTH THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT AND UNQUOTE TO THE BEGINNING OF THE SENTENCE
FOLLOWING.
PARA 5, THIRD LINE: REPLACE QUOTE THE DEADLINE UNQUOTE BY QUOTE THESE DATES UNQUOTE. ALSO DELETE THE SENTENCE FOLLOWING.
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