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HONG KONG AGREEMENT: NATIONALITY ORDER IN COUNCIL: PQ BY ROBERT
ADLEY
1.
THE FOLLOWING PQ HAS BEEN PUT DOWN BY MR ROBERT ADLEY FOR
WRITTEN ANSWER TOMORROW:
''TO ASK THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH
AFFAIRS, IF HE HAS HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT ON
THE QUESTION OF THE GRANTING OF CHINESE CITIZENSHIP TO
NON-CHINESE CITIZENS OF HONG KONG WHO ARE NOT PRESENTLY ENTITLED
TO BRITISH CITIZENSHIP, RESULTING FROM THE TRANSFER OF
SOVEREIGNTY OF HONG KONG FROM THE UNITED KINGDOM TO THE PEOPLE'S
REPUBLIC OF CHINA IN 1997: AND IF HE WILL MAKE A STATEMENT''
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2.
WE WILL BE GIVING THE FOLLOWING REPLY:
''WE HAVE DISCUSSED THIS MATTER WITH THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT IN THE
SINO-BRITISH JOINT LIAISON GROUP. THEY HAVE CONFIRMED THAT
NON-CHINESE WHO MEET THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS UNDER CHINESE
NATIONALITY LAW MAY APPLY FOR CHINESE NATIONALITY, AND THAT SUCH
CASES WOULD BE DEALT WITH BY THE APPROPRIATE AUTHORITIES''.
HOWE
HONG KONG AGREEMENT: NATIONALITY
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
COPIES TO:
MR ROBERTS, NEWS DEPT MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS
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HD/NTD
RESEARCH D (MR WALKER)
DEP HD/PUSD
PS
PS/MR RENTON
PS/PUS
SIR W HARD ING MR WILSON
MR GRAINGER, LEGAL ADVISERS
MR D MCDOUGALL, MVD
MR HYDE, HOME OFFICE
MR EMERY, B4 DIV, HOME OFFICE, CROYDON
MR NICHOLSON, PASSPORT DEPT, HOME OFFICE
ROOM 236, CLIVE HOUSE.
MR MCDONOUGH, B2 DIV, HOME OFFICE
MR WOOD LEGAL ADVISERS
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