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2.
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25/2
In future it is proposed to grant full passports for the United Kingdom to Chinese of the business and professional classes who can prove Hong Kong birth
GOV.
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2.3. 33.
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Suggests that if Dr. Pau requires further facilities a full passport should be granted. with the usual notification regarding dual nationality.
Nol.
The original reasons upon which was based
the practice of issuing travel certificates rather
than regular passports to Hong Kong Chinese (even
when there was clear proof of British birth)
are set out in Sir R. E. Stubbs' despatch, No. 18
of 14. 1. 25mm 8243/25 - flagged green
In 1931 in (2) and (5) on 82797/31, the
Home Office and Foreign Office expressed the
hope that the existing system of issuing travel
certificates instead of passports might be
continued.
The Home Office view was based on
the undesirability of facilitating the entry of
British subjects of Chinese race into this
country to engage in employment. The F.0.view
was based on the desirability of restricting
the