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Parliamentary Unit

HKK 340|1;

RECEIVE

163

PQ: NATIONALITY

1.

NO

M25/14 1425/10

Англю

I submit a draft reply to the attached PQ by

Mr Robert Parry MP for written answer.

See (174

The reply is based

on information supplied by Hong Kong.

NTD concur.

2.

The category of British citizens does not come into

legal effect until 1 January 1983, when the present description

of 'Citizen of United Kingdom and Colonies (CUKC)' is replaced

by the categories of citizenship created under the British

Nationality Act 1981.

3.

At present there are about 2,988,000 CUKCS in Hong Kong.

It is estimated that at 1 January 1983 there will be 19,000

British citizens and 2,969,000 British Dependent Territories

citizens. This compares with the previous (1976) estimate of

2.6 million used when the White Paper on the British Nationality

Act was published in July 1980.

14 October 1982

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Mr Donald

Mr Howells NTD Mr Partridge MVD

R D Clift

Hong Kong and General Department