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FKK 3491
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Mr Atkins said that it would not be possible to use their
description without legislative cover Paragraph 3 of FCO
telegram number 800. The Governor raised the matter again
in his letter of 16 March to Mr Atkins.
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NTD have again consulted the Legal Advisers who confirm
that the term used in the BNA, ie BDTC must be used and that
any variants would be unacceptable. This means that we cannot
accept any of the descriptions the Governor suggested in
paragraph 4 of his letter.
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The Legal Advisers have queried whether the designation
BDTC in the passport should be followed by the words 'Hong Kong'
It has been stated that the intention is that 'Hong Kong' should
be included. Mr Raison, Minister of State at the Home Office,
said as much in Parliament on 4 June 1981. Lord Belstead
reaffirmed this in the House of Lords on 22 June 1981. Although
the Legal Advisers' preference is that Hong Kong should not be
included, there are strong reasons of policy for sticking to the
undertaking already given. The addition of Hong Kong to BDTC
adds substance to what has been seen as a rather amorphous title.
I recommend that this formulation be retained.
7.
The Governor also touches on how BDTC's should describe
their nationality on immigration forms. The reply to this is
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