BRITISH POLICY TOWARDS HK NOT AFFECTED BY UK LEADERSHIP CONTEST: GOVERNOR
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WHATEVER
EMERGES FROM
THE
LEADERSHIP
CONTEST
IN
THE
POLICY SAID TODAY MRS MINISTER,
CONSERVATIVE PARTY WILL NOT MEAN ANY CHANGE AT ALL TO BRITISH
THE
SIR DAVID GOVERNOR,
WILSON, TOWARDS HONG KONG,
RESIGNATION THE
OF PRIME (THURSDAY) IN RESPONSE TO MARGARET THATCHER.
THE "IT IS SOMETHING WHICH IS AN INTERNAL POLITICAL MATTER IN
TOWARDS HONG UK AND NOT SOMETHING I WOULD EXPECT TO AFFECT POLICY KONG AT ALL, HE SAID.
NOT JUST A AS ONE
"POLICY IS A MATTER FOR A GOVERNMENT AND IT IS MATTER
ONE SINGLE PARTY, THAT IS A VERY IMPORTANT POINT LOOKS TOWARDS THE FUTURE, HE ADDED.
"
A
"POLICY IS ESTABLISHED AND THAT CONTINUES AND IT IS NOT JUST
THE LEADER WHOEVER
OF THE OF QUESTION
THAT POLICY CONTINUING CONSERVATIVE PARTY IN OFFICE IS.
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"THERE IS A GREAT DEAL OF BI-PARTISAN SUPPORT FOR THE POLICY ON THE FUTURE OF HONG KONG AND I WOULD NOT EXPECT THAT TO CHANGE AT ALL, SIR DAVID SAID.
DIRECTION UNDER NATIONALITY SCHEME ISSUED
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THE HOME SECRETARY HAS
ISSUED A DIRECTION TO THE
GOVERNOR
UNDER SECTION 1(3) OF THE BRITISH NATIONALITY (HONG KONG) ACT 1990 TO HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS TO BE SPECIFY THE TIMESCALE AND THE NUMBER OF
THE FIRST PHASE OF THE RECOMMENDED FOR BRITISH CITIZENSHIP DURING BRITISH NATIONALITY SCHEME.
UNDER THIS DIRECTION, THE FIRST PHASE OF THE SCHEME WILL ON DECEMBER 1, 1990 AND END ON JANUARY 1, 1994.
BEGIN
CITIZENSHIP NOT
OCCUPATIONAL CLASS,
MAY RECOMMEND FOR BRITISH "DURING THIS PERIOD, THE GOVERNOR
32,700 APPLICANTS
THE IN
GENERAL NOT MORE THAN 400
TO ARE
BE FOR A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID TODAY
MORE THAN
OF WHICH APPLICANTS IN APPROVED OCCUPATIONS,'
(THURSDAY).
RECOMMEND NOT MORE "DURING THE SAME PERIOD, THE GOVERNOR MAY
MORE THAN 6,200 APPLICANTS IN THE DISCIPLINED SERVICES CLASS, AND NOT THAN 3,850 IN THE SENSITIVE SERVICE CLASS.
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