TNAG-1387-FCO40-1835-Future-of-Hong-Kong-nationality-and-citizenship-1986 — Page 71

14. Quu) his GOVT.

Government to persons who are already British (namely Hong Kong

British Dependent Territories citizens), why should the

passport itself not be sufficient without more to secure the

holder's entry into the U.K.? Administratively this could be

achieved with the minimum of difficulty by having all such

passports endorsed on issue with permission to land in the

U.K. This would secure free entry of the holder into the V.K.,

and obviate the need for obtaining a certificate of entry

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beforehand or for obtaining specific permission on each

occasion of entry. The advantage to the traveller would be the

removal of red tape and inconvenience each time he wished to

travel to the U.X. The benefits to Her Majesty's Government in

terms of the goodwill which this would generate locally are

immeasurable. No violation of principle is involved since

permission to land falls short of the right to land and could

not therefore mature into an entitlement to registration as a

British citizen under section 4 of the British Nationality Act

.1981.

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