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completed five years UK residence and have settled status;
they confer commonwealth citizenship;
citizenship; and holders enjoy
British consular protection both in Hong Kong (for non-
Chinese holders) and world wide.
a)
admission to UK in an emergencz the Government cannot tie
the hands of any future Government and give a cast-iron
guarantee but it has given as clear and as firm an
undertaking as it can.
e)
British Nationality Scheme there is no reason why the
ethnic minorities who hold some form of British nationality
or have applied to become DTCs in Hong Kong should not be
able to benefit from this scheme. Many run small
businesses and such managers have seen a high success rate
under the scheme. Ethnic origin is not a factor in the
Scheme.
All eligible
candidates
including
ethnic
minorities have to compete with each other for a place.