CONFIDENTIAL
NATIONALITY
INDIANS
Beaumar
Vichen
Janis & hook Busty of Burningham
of
Cedwyn.
Sout racim prejuriza4
A number of Noble Lords have referred to the question of the some 6,000 ethnic Indians in Hong Kong.
My hon Friend, the Minister of State for Foreign and
Commonwealth Affairs, has had an opportunity to discuss the concerns of this group with Mr Harilela, the President
of the Council of Hong Kong Indian Associations, and has
fully explained the Government's position to him.
The majority of Indians in Hong Kong are BDTCs. As such they will be eligible to acquire BN (O) status. Those who have made their home in Hong Kong will be able to enjoy
right of abode in the Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region under the provisions of Section XIV of Annex I to
the Joint Declaration. We have in fact done our utmost in
negotiating this agreement to make sure that Hong Kong
should continue to be a satisfactory place for all its
present inhabitants to continue to live
to continue to live in after 1997. I
believe we have succeeded. I do not therefore think there
are grounds for granting right of abode in the United Kingdom to this group.
Exact, in the Rt. Rev. prolate has
Emiarion
mian BNO
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