In addition, the British Government has given a specific assurance that if any solely British national, with no claim to Chinese nationality, came under severe pressure to leave Hong Kong, then the government of the day would consider, with particular sympathy, their case for admission to the United Kingdon, This assurance was given in public and has been repeated on several occasions.
The question as to whether the ethnic minority
group which you represent should have British citizenship o: right of abode in the United Kingdom has been considered fully by both the British and Hong Kong Government 3 both in the past
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and, more recently, in the
context of the British Nationality Scheme, It is most unlikely that the British Government will consider that there are grounds for special treatment.