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TUESDAY, JULY 13, 1993
"VIEWS EXPRESSED AT BETTER SERVE OUR CUSTOMERS,
THE
CLG MEETINGS WILL SURELY HELP US
THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
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IF THEY ARE INTERESTED TO SERVE ON THE CLGS, ALL THAT NEEDS BE DONE IS FOR THEM TO FILL IN A SIMPLE FORM. COPIES OF THE FORM ARE AVAILABLE AT ALL LICENSING OFFICES. COMPLETED FORMS CAN BE PLACED IN DROP-IN BOXES AT THE OFFICES.
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"WE SHALL THEN GET IN TOUCH WITH THEM, HE ADDED.
EACH CLG WILL COMPRISE A CHAIRMAN AND ABOUT 20 MEMBERS. THE FIRST MEETING IS SCHEDULED TO BE HELD IN SEPTEMBER, AND SUBSEQUENT MEETINGS WILL BE CONVENED AT QUARTERLY INTERVALS.
BARONESS DUNN TO SPEAK ON BRITISH CITIZENSHIP
FOR NON-CHINESE ETHNIC MINORITIES
BARONESS DUNN HAS LEFT FOR LONDON TONIGHT (TUESDAY) ΤΟ TAKE PART IN A DEBATE IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS ON THURSDAY (JULY 15 LONDON TIME) ON BRITISH CITIZENSHIP FOR NON-CHINESE ETHNIC MINORITIES.
WHEN
BEFORE HER DEPARTURE, BARONESS DUNN SAID THE NON-CHINESE ETHNIC MINORITIES WILL EFFECTIVELY BE RENDERED STATELESS IN 1997 SOVEREIGNTY CHANGES. BRITAIN HAS A MORAL AND CONSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITY TO THEM.
LORDS.
"I WILL DO MY BEST TO PUT FORWARD THEIR CASE IN THE HOUSE OF
THE DEBATE IS ON A MOTION TO BE MOVED BY LORD BONHAM-CARTER "THAT THIS HOUSE CALLS UPON HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT TO GIVE FULL BRITISH CITIZENSHIP TO MEMBERS OF THE NON-CHINESE ETHNIC MINORITIES IN HONG KONG WHO WILL BE WITHOUT A RIGHT OF ABODE ELSEWHERE AFTER 1997.'
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IT IS EXPECTED THAT A VOTE MAY BE TAKEN AT THE END OF THE DEBATE. BARONESS DUNN HAS CONTACTED FRIENDS OF HONG KONG IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS TO SUPPORT THE MOTION.
A DEBATE ON THIS ISSUE WAS HELD IN THE HOUSE
OF COMMONS LAST WEEK AFTER A GROUP OF HONG KONG LEGISLATORS LOBBIED THE PARLIAMENT.
THE ISSUE IS A LONG-STANDING ONE. BARONESS DUNN LED A CAMPAIGN TO SEEK FULL BRITISH CITIZENSHIP FOR THESE MEMBERS IN 1986.
"THE ISSUE NEVER WENT AWAY, WE ARE COMMITTED JUST SOLUTION FOR THESE PEOPLE, SAID BARONESS DUNN.
TO FINDING
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