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FM FCO 231416Z JANUARY 85
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TELEGRAM NUMBER 147 OF 23 JANUARY
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION: NATIONALITY STATUS OF POPULATION OF
HONG KONG
1.
MR ENOCH POWELL MP HAS PUT DOWN THE FOLLOWING QUESTION FOR
PRIORITY WRITTEN REPLY:
'TO ASK THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH
AFFAIRS IF HE WILL ANALYSE THE PRESENT POPULATION OF THE COLONY
OF HONG KONG, OTHER THAN PERSONS TEMPORARILY RESIDENT THERE,
ACCORDING TO THEIR EXISTING NATIONALITY, SPECIFYING IN EACH
CATEGORY THE BASIS OF THAT STATUS AND THE ESTIMATED NUMBERS
HOLDING IT'.
2. WE PROPOSE TO SUBMIT THE FOLLOWING REPLY BASED ON YOUR
TELNO 3044 OF 26 SEPTEMBER:
'ACCORDING TO THE LATEST FIGURES AVAILABLE THE TOTAL
POPULATION OF HONG KONG IS APPROXIMATELY 5.3 MILLION. THIS
FIGURE IS MADE UP AS FOLLOWS:
A)
20,000 BRITISH CITIZENS (WITH RIGHT OF ABODE IN UK)
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B) 3 MILLION BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZENS (WITH RIGHT OF
ABODE IN HONG KONG)
C) 1.8 MILLION CHINESE RESIC'NTS (IE PERSONS OF CHINESE RACE
WITH THE RIGHT TO RESIDE IN HONG KONG)
D) 400,000 OTHER PERSONS OF CHINESE RACE
E) 35,500 OTHER FOREIGN NATIONALS
F) 4,500 STATELESS PERSONS OF NON-CHINESE RACE
3. GRATEFUL FOR COMMENTS AND ANY MORE RECENT FIGURES
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