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NATIONALITY BILL

11. Hong Kong has expressed concern about some of the provisions

of the Bill. The Government has proposed amendments which go a long

way towards meeting the objections raised by Hong Kong. These

include discretionary powers for the registration in specially

deserving circumstances as British Citizens of Citizens of the

British Dependent Territories who are Crown Servants under the

Government of a Dependent Territory and the right of Citizens

of the British Dependent Territories to be registered as British

Citizens after 5 years' lawful residence in the United Kingdom,

rather than having to apply for naturalisation, as originally

proposed.