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Ms. Deborah Barnes Jones
Hong Kong Department,
Foreign & Commonwealth Office,
London SW1A 2AH,
England.
Dear Debbie
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Copy of the Home Office
(Chris Kelly)'s minute to us for comment.
follows:-
A.
Fees
The HKG views on the points raised are મૂક
We agree with points 1 to 3.
AS for point no.4, we do not see the need for any exception because if a HKBDTC still chooses to apply for a BDTC passport after June 1996, then it is his own choice. We do not see any justification for introducing a reduced fee for this group.
No
to
such system operates in Hong Kong currently. As far as we can recall, HKG had only granted gratis 2-year extensions
expired/expiring Hong Kong British passports in late 1989 when the demand for passports then, triggered off by the June 4th incident, exceeded our handling capacity and there were insufficient passports in stock.
Existing BN(0)9
LHKD 348
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We agree this point.
21 J. 1993
TOTAL P.01