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IF AT THE SAME TIME BRITAINS BILATERAL AGREEMENTS WITH SUCH COUNTRIES AS WEST GERMANY, DENMARK AND SPAIN, TO NAME BUT A FE, EXEMPTING VISA REQUIREMENTS COULD BE EXTENDED TO BRITISH, (HONG KONG) CITIZENS, THE NEW PASSPORT WOULD BRING AN ACTUAL IMPROVEMENT IN THE PRESENT SITUATION. THIS WOULD CERTAINLY DO MUCH TO RESTORE CONFIDENCE.

IT WOULD BE DISASTROUS IF ANY CHANGES IN NOMENCLATURE

LEAD THIRD COUNTRIES TO REQUIRE VISAS OR OTHER ENTRY CERTIFICATES. NOT CURRENTLY REQUIRED. I WOULD LIKE AN ASSURANCE THAT POSITIVE - STEPS WILL BE TAKEN BY HMG TO MAKE SURE THIS DOES NOT HAPPEN

I WOULD ALSO WISH TO DRAW ATTENTION TO TWO. FURTHER CLAUSES IN THE BILL WHICH ARE CAUSING MUCH .CONCERN IN HONG KONG. FEELING THAT THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE VERY STRICT PROVISIONS OF

THERE IS A CLAUSES 13.1 AND 1.2 HAVE NOT BEEN GIVEN SUFFICIENT WEIGHT AS FAR AS HONG KONG IS CONCERNED, PROVISIONS WOULD MEAN THAT THE CHILDREN OF LEGALS AND ILLEGALS

THE PRACTICAL EFFECT OF THESE FROM CHINA WHO ARE BORN BEFORE ONE OF ITS PARENTS HAVE ACHIEVED RESIDENT STATUS, THAT IS 7 YEARS AFTER ENTRY, WILL BECOME STATELESS PENDING REGISTRATION. IF DUE TO IGNORANCE THE PARENT

THIS IS 03IOUSLY

DOES NOT EVENTUALLY REGISTER, ANY CHILDREN WILL REMAIN STATELESS WITH ALL THE DIFFICULTIES THAT THIS ENCOMPASSES. VERY UNSATISFACTORY AND MOST UNDESIRABLE. SECRETARY TO LOOK AT THIS AGAIN.

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