WEDNESDAY, APRIL 4,
1990
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NATIONALITY BILL PROVIDES CONFIDENCE TO STAY
THE
NATIONALITY
A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THIS EVENING THAT BILL, JUST TABLED IN PARLIAMENT, WOULD GO SOME WAY TO ALLEVIATING HONG KONG'S EMIGRATION PROBLEM BY GIVING KEY PEOPLE CONFIDENCE TO STAY ON IN HONG KONG.
"QUITE A FEW OF THE TALENTED PEOPLE WHO CONTRIBUTE TO THE PROSPERITY AND SMOOTH RUNNING OF HONG KONG HAVE BEEN EMIGRATING. OTHERS WHO ARE ABLE MAY FOLLOW. THIS SCHEME WILL BENEFIT THE COMMUNITY BY ANCHORING THEM IN HONG KONG.
THE POINTS
"WITHIN THE CONSTRAINT OF NUMBERS,
SYSTEM WILL PROVIDE THE FAIREST AND MOST OBJECTIVE WAY OF DETERMINING WHO SHOULD RECEIVE A PASSPORT," THE SPOKESMAN COMMENTED.
HOWEVER, THE SPOKESMAN CAUTIONED THAT THE NATIONALITY BILL NOT YET BEEN PASSED BY PARLIAMENT.
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**WE WILL NOT BE CALLING FOR APPLICATIONS UNTIL THE BILL BEEN PASSED. AT THAT TIME FURTHER DETAILS WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE, SAID.
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DIRECTOR OF ADMINISTRATION BRIEFS MEDIA ON BRITISH NATIONALITY (HONG KONG) BILL
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JUST BEEN
IT IS AN
BOTH,
THE BRITISH NATIONALITY (HONG KONG) BILL 1990 HAS TABLED IN THE HOUSE OF COMMONS IN LONDON. TABLED WITH EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM. I WOULD LIKE TO SAY A FEW WORDS ABOUT BEFORE DESCRIBING HOW THE SCHEME IS TO OPERATE. I WILL GO ON TO OUTLINE THE PARLIAMENTARY PROCESS THE BILL MUST GO THROUGH OVER THE NEXT FEW MONTHS, AND WILL THEN TAKE QUESTIONS.
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THE BILL IS, AS YOU WILL SEF, A RELATIVELY SHORT DOCUMENT. HAS BEEN DRAFTED TO DEAL EXCLUSIVELY WITH HONG KONG. IT IS ENABLING LEGISLATION WHICH SETS OUT THE BROAD POWERS OF THE HOME SECRETARY AND THE GOVERNOR IN GRANTING BRITISH CITIZENSHIP UNDER THE SCHEME. THE EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM DESCRIBES IN GREAT DETAIL HOW THE ALLOCATION OF PLACES ΤΟ 50,000 HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS IS TO BE DETERMINED. BOTH DOCUMENTS, IN BOTH CHINESE AND ENGLISH, WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION AFTER THIS PRESS CONFERENCE.
WE HOPE THAT THE NEWSPAPERS WILL FEEL ABLE ΤΟ PRINT BOTH DOCUMENTS IN FULL, SO THAT THE WHOLE COMMUNITY WILL BE ABLE TO EXAMINE THE DOCUMENTS FOR THEMSELVES. THERE ARE FLOPPY DISC COPIES AVAILABLE FOR YOU.
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