TNAG-1387-FCO40-1835-Future-of-Hong-Kong-nationality-and-citizenship-1986 — Page 26

HK LAGY

c)

Notes on amendments

1.

Note 8

CONFIDENTIAL

Commonwealth citizenship: replace paras 3 and 4 by:

"3.

There is no suggestion that Hong Kong will remain part of the

Commonwealth after 1 July 1997.

(Overseas)

It will not.

nationality.

is

a

form of

are

In British

including BD TC s and BOC,

I f they

living

British National

common with all

BN (0) s will be

(as

last three

other British nationals,

commonwealth

citizens.

sentences of Home Office draft).

4.

Undesirable.

to be

BN (0) s could be excluded from commonwealth

have would

effect of causing them

aliens rather than British nationals. are

citizenship, but this

the

treated

if they as

the job of ensuring acceptability might make of para 4 of Home Office draft).

11

This

...

(as last

sentence

CONFIDENTIAL