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FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1990
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ISSUE, THE GOVERNOR SAID ON THE VBP SITUATION BUT WE STILL HAD A LONG-TERM PROBLEM.
WE
HAD A MANAGEABLE
THE PRIME MINISTER FULLY UNDERSTOOD HONG KONG'S POLICY AND FULLY SUPPORTIVE, HE SAID..
TALKED ABOUT THE FANG
WAS
LIZHI
THE GOVERNOR SAID THEY HAD NOT ISSUE BECAUSE THIS WAS NOT AN ISSUE WHICH DIRECTLY AFFECTED HONG KONG,
TERM OF HIS HE ALSO SAID HE AND MRS THATCHER DID NOT TALK ABOUT THE APPOINTMENT.
SECOND READING OF NATIONALITY BILL IN HOUSE OF LORDS WELCOMED
A HONG KONG GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN TODAY (FRIDAY) WELCOMED THE PASSAGE OF THE
(HONG KONG) BILL THROUGH ITS: SECOND READING IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS.
BRITISH NATIONALITY
BILL
ΤΟ
GO THROUGH ITS COMMITTEE
THE NEXT STEP IS FOR THE STAGE, REPORT STAGE AND THIRD READING.
"WE ARE STILL AIMING TO OBTAIN ROYAL ASSENT TO THE BILL BEFORE AT THE PARLIAMENT RISES FOR THE SUMMER RECESS. THIS WILL PROBABLY BE END OF JULY, HE SAID.
TO THEY
REMINDED THOSE MEANWHILE, THE SPOKESMAN
LIKE WHO WOULD APPLY FOR BRITISH CITIZENSHIP UNDER THE NATIONALITY PACKAGE THAT MUST BE HONG KONG BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZENS (BDTC'9), BRITISH NATIONALS (OVERSEAS) (BN(0)'S), BRITISH
CITIZENS OVERSEAS (BOC'S), BRITISH PROTECTED PERSONS (BPP'S), OR BRITISH SUBJECTS (BS'8) AND SETTLED IN HONG KONG.
"OTHER HONG KONG RESIDENTS MUST APPLY FOR NATURALISATION BLIGIBLE BEFORE THE BILL IS GIVEN ROYAL ASSENT IF THEY WISH TO BECOME TO APPLY FOR CITIZENSHIP UNDER THE SCHEME, THE SPOKESMAN POINTED OUT.
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YEARS
NATURALISATION,
"ANY PERSON WHO HAS LIVED IN HONG KONG FOR AT LEAST FIVE
STAY CAN AND IS NOT SUBJECT TO LIMIT OF
FOR APPLY IRRESPECTIVE OF RACE," HE SAID.
HAVE A CERTIFICATE OF
11 HE SAID.
ΤΟ "THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT YOU NEED IDENTITY BEFORE YOU CAN APPLY FOR NATURALISATION,
REQUIREMENTS, HE
"IF ANY PERSON HAS ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING NATURALISATION
SHOULD DIRECT HIS
TO ENQUIRIES
THE INFORMATION 829 3333 OR SECTION OF THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT, TELEPHONE NUMBER 824 6111," THE SPOKESMAN ADDED.
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