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CALL ON MR GOODLAD BY MR ALLEN LEE AND COLLEAGUES OF THE
COOPERATIVE RESOURCES CENTRE, 19 JANUARY (14.00 to 15.00)
NATIONALITY ISSUES
HKP 340/6.
Line to take
19 JAN 1993
(A) ETHNIC MINORITIES
Statelessness/right of abode
INDL
in faxor.
The ethnic minorities have been adequately protected in the Joint Declaration and the Basic Law. None will be
stateless.
Ministers have said that, if any solely British National, with no claim to Chinese nationality, comes under pressure to leave Hong Kong post-1997, the Government of the day would consider with particular sympathy their case for admission to
the UK.
[If pressed]
Cannot tie the hands of any future Government. clear and as firm an undertaking as we can give.
This is as
Those without other nationality should consider applying to naturalise as a British Dependant Territory Citizen (BDTC). This would secure right of abode before 1997. Continuation of right of abode post-'97 is guaranteed in the Basic Law.
Eligibility for British Nationality Scheme,
Members of the ethnic community can compete on a basis of equality under the British Nationality Scheme. Managers of: small businesses and there are many in the ethnic community
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have done well.