TNAG-1385-FCO40-1833-Future-of-Hong-Kong-nationality-and-citizenship-1985 — Page 26

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FM HONG KONG

TO DESKBY 15120OZ FCO

TELNO 2173

OF 15094OZ OCTOBER 85

INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING

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YOUR TELNO 1556: HONG KONG AGREEMENT: NATIONALITY ORDER IN

COUNCIL

THE FIGURE QUOTED IN PARA 8 OF THE PRESS NOTICE DOES NOT TALLY

WITH THOSE MENTIONED IN PARA 10 OF THE WHITE PAPER. OF THE THREE

AND A QUARTER MILLION BDTCS IN HONG KONG, ABOUT 3.19 MILLION ARE

BDTCS BY BIRTH, AND ABOUT 53,000 ARE PDTCS BY REGISTRATION OR

NATURALISATION. IT THEREFORE WORKS OUT THAT THE REMAINING

CATEGORIES AMOUNT TO A MERE 7,000 ONLY AND NOT 50,000 MENTIONED

IN THE PRESS NOTICE. NEVERTHELESS, WE PREFER TO SAY THAT ALL

BUT A FEW THOUSAND OF THE ROUGHLY THREE AND A QUARTER MILLION

BDTCS IN HONG KONG ARE BDTCS BY BIRTH, NATURALISATION OR

REGISTRATION''.

2. WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL TO KNOW WHETHER THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT

IS ACCEPTABLE BY 1609OOZ

YOUDE

HONG KONG AGREEMENT: NATIONALITY

LIMITED

HD/HKD

HD/FED

HD/NTD

RESEARCH D (MR WALKER)

DEP HD/PUSD

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PS/R RENTON

PS/LADY YOUNG

PS/PUS

SIR W HARDING MR WILSON

COPIES TO:

MR ROBERTS, NEWS DEPT

LR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS

IR GRAINGER, LEGAL ADVISERS

MR MILLER, MVD

MR HYDE, HOME OFFICE

MR EMERY, B4 DIV, HOME OFFICE, CROYDON

MF. NICHOLSON, PASSPORT DEPT, HO OFFIC

ROOM 236, CLIVE HOUSE.

MR WOOD LEGAL ADVISERS

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