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HMLNAN 9321
FM HOK TO FCOLN
04050OZ FEB
GRS 212
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 167
OF 04050OZ FEBRUARY 93
INFO IMMEDIATE BTC HONG KONG
PERSONAL FOR RICKETTS HKD.
92 THICA 340/2 103
FROM PS/GH.
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Ms Parnes- Jones
YOUR TELNO 1773: BRITISH NATIONALITY (HONG KONG) ACT 1990: BONAS MACHINE COMPANY.
1. WE ARE HAPPY FOR YOU TO USE THE LINE YOU PROPOSE IN PARA 2. APOLOGIES FOR NOT REPLYING EARLIER.
2.
WE DO NOT KNOW OF ANY CASES WHERE UNSUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS HAVE MOVED TO COMPETITIVE COUNTRIES' COMPANIES. NEITHER DOES BTC.
3.
YOU MAY WISH TO KNOW THAT JOHN MCWILLIAM, MP, WROTE TO THE GOVERNOR ON 14 JANUARY ON BEHALF OF THE DIRECTOR OF BONAS MACHINE COMPANY LIMITED CLAIMING THAT 'GREAT DIFFICULTIES CONTINUE TO ARISE THROUGH THE LOSS OF EXPERIENCED PERSONNEL'. THE FACT IS THAT
(DETAILS IN OUR TELNO 2712) ONLY HAVE LIMITED EXPERIENCE WITH THE COMPANY (FIVE YEARS AND SEVEN MONTHS AND LESS THAN ONE YEAR RESPECTIVELY AT THE TIME OF APPLICATION). EVEN IF THEY WERE TO CHANGE TO OTHER COUNTRIES' COMPANIES, WHICH IS COMMON IN THE JOB-HOPPING ENVIRONMENT OF HONG KONG, IT IS UNLIKELY THAT THEY WOULD BE GIVEN NATIONALITY BY THAT COUNTRY DUE TO THEIR LACK OF EXPERIENCE. SUCH A MOVE WOULD BE, IN ANY CASE, MORE INSPIRED BY AN OFFER OF HIGHER PAY THAN THE HOPE OF GAINING NATIONALITY. WE WILL SEND YOU A COPY OF OUR REPLY SEPARATELY.
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HMLNAN 9321
40(2), 27(1) 346/2
1993
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