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under pressure to leave Hong Kong the British government of the day would consider with particular sympathy their case for admission to the United Kingdom. The Government cannot
tie the hands of any future Government. This is as clear
and as firm an undertaking as it can give.
Line to take
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The ethnic minorities ties are with Hong Kong rather than the UK
and it is therefore more appropriate to look to ensure their
security in Hong Kong than to confer British citizenship on them.
The Government's view is that there is no case for special
treatment. The position of the ethnic minorities has been adequately protected, both in the Joint Declaration and Basic Law
and also by the assurances which the Government has given about the action it would take in the event of an emergency and which
it is very ready to repeat.
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