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MONDAY, JUNE 19, 1989

OMELCO ACTION PLAN ON NATIONALITY

RIGHT THE PEOPLE

AN ACTION PLAN TO URGE THE OMELCO MEMBERS HAVE MAPPED OUT BRITISH GOVERNMENT TO RESTORE TO HONG KONG BRITISH SUBJECTS THE OF ABODE IN BRITAIN AND TO FULFIL ITS MORAL OBLIGATION TO OF HONG KONG.

THE PLAN WAS ANNOUNCED AT A PRESS CONFERENCE TODAY (MONDAY)

THE

WORKING OMELCO SPECIAL MRS ROSANNA TAM, CONVENER OF NATIONALITY.

BY

GROUP

ON

SPECIAL WORKING

GROUP

WAS

RIGHT OF

MRS TAM SAID THE 19-MEMBER STRONG SET UP FOLLOWING THE DECISION THAT THE TWO OMELCO SENIOR MEMBERS WILL REPRESENT ALL MEMBERS ON A VISIT TO LONDON TO PRESS FOR THE ABODE FOR THE PEOPLE OF HONG KONG.

THE

INITIATE

WERE TO GIVE SENIOR TWO

MEMBERS AND SUGGEST TO

THE

THE WORKING GROUP OF SHE SAID THE FUNCTIONS

TO SUPPORT TO THE COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP DURING THEIR VISIT TO BRITAIN, AND TO COMMUNITY HOW SUPPORT COULD BE GIVEN.

GROUP FELL INTO SENIOR

SHE POINTED OUT THAT THE WORK OF THE WORKING THREE MAJOR CATEGORIES, NAMELY: SUPPORTIVE SERVICE FOR THE TWO MEMBERS: OUTREACH EFFORTS; AND HOME-BASED ACTIVITIES.

PREPARED A UNDER SUPPORTIVE SERVICE, MRS TAM SAID MEMBERS HAD

OUTLINED THE HONG KONG PAPER TITLED "HONG KONG IS OUR HOME", WHICH

UK: VARIOUS BODIES IN CASE, FOR DISTRIBUTION TO MP'S AND GROUPS IN HONG KONG. MEDIA AND OTHER MEMBERS OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY.

AND THE GROUP HAD ALSO RESEARCHED INTO

THE THE LEGAL EFFECTS OF THE UK LEGISLATION ON THE RIGHT OF ABODE IN

RIGHT OF ABODE TO THE UK: STUDIED THE ARGUMENTS FOR GRANTING

AND

ΤΟ PLAN

CO-ORDINATE BRITISH SUBJECTS IN HONG KONG: EFFORTS IN HONG KONG AND UK.

THE LEGAL

BACKGROUND

A DEVISED

WOULD BE

SESSIONS

ACADEMIC

IN HONG KONG, MRS TAM SAID GENERAL BRIEFING SESSIONS

THREE LOCAL

MEANWHILE, GROUPS. CONDUCTED FOR A NUMBER OF WOULD BE HELD THIS AFTERNOON. THEY COMPRISED CHURCH, YOUTH, AND EDUCATION GROUPS; DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS AND COMMUNITY AS WELL AS PEOPLE FROM BUSINESS, THE PROFESSIONS AND INDUSTRIES.

LEADERS;

GROUPS OF THE BRITISH PUBLIC 30 IN THE UK TO

THEIR VOICE

TO THE

"THE PURPOSE OF THE BRIEFINGS IS TO INFORM THE MESSAGE THAT OMELCO WISHES TO PUT ACROSS THAT THEY CAN ENCOURAGE THEIR CONTACTS SUPPORT FOR HONG KONG, SHE SAID.

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T-SHIRTS BEARING THE SLOGAN "HONG KONG IS OUR DISTRIBUTED FREE TO THE PARTICIPANTS AT THE BRIEFINGS.

HOME" WOULD BE

HELP

TAM SAID INFORMATION AS PART OF THE OUTREACHING EFFORTS, MRS AND ADVICE WOULD BE GIVEN TO MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC WHO WISHED TO IN PRESENTING THE HONG KONG CASE.

/A KIT ............