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TO:
J Woodrow Esq
Hong Kong Depa FCO
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BRITISH HIGH COMMISSION
New Delhi 1100-21
Our Fax No:
6872882
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From:
DJ Fitton
RECEIVED IND
Dept:
Chancery
2 4 AUG 1993
DES« OFFICE:
INDE
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FAX NO. 0711220
187.
Date: 20 August 1993
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HONG KONG NATIONALITY:
ETHNIC MINORITIES
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1. Thank you for your fax of 19 August. The MEA say that Dinesh Singh's Parliamentary reply of 22 March, while leaving open the possibility of Hong Kong nationals of Indian ethnic original applying for Indian citizenship, stressed that the principal responsibility was ours. They said that anyone applying for Indian citizenship would be subject to the usual naturalisation laws: no special treatment would be given for Hong Kong citizens.
2. The relevant law is the Indian Citizenship Act/which allows people to apply for Indian citizenship by reason of Indian origin, marriage or residence in India. Indian origin
they defier Hong Kong nationals would clearly be able to apply and be
this
subject to the normal procedures.
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DJ Fitton
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