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remains as recorded above or whether there are any further requirements for obtaining Portuguese nationality. naturalisation, how strictly is the Portuguese language qualification applied? Does this rule out significant numbers of Macau residents? How many in Macau now have Portuguese passports and what is the number eligible to acquire Portugese citizenship before the transfer of sovereignty? (The best estimate on our files is 80-100,000, for both categories, out of a total population of half a million).
5.
HKD are faxing background papers to supplement guidance telno 181 about our own arrangements for Hong Kong residents to acquire a form of British nationality - BN (0)
BN (0) - which will continue beyond 1997.
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