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PS/Mr Renton
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14 January 1986
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MR RENTON'S MEETING WITH MPS: HONG KONG NATIONALITY ORDER IN COUNCIL
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I attach briefing notes the Hong Kong nationality Order in Council prepared for
for Mr Renton's press conference in Hong Kong which
Mr Renton may wish to use at his meeting with MPs this afternoon.
They should be read in conjunction with the briefing notes attached
to the speech I submitted last night. I also attach Hong Kong Telno
gwing 141 background notes on the two Indians Mr Renton will be seeing
and Home office badsground notes on
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tomorrow,
The Order.
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a)
b)
In answer to the Minister's specific questions:
British Overseas Citizens: there are approximately 2 million
BOCS scattered throughout the world. They are mostly in East
Africa and Malaysia. Sixty per cent have another nationality.
BOC status was created by the BNA
1981 which divided
citizenship of the United Kingdom and Colonies (CUKC) into
three categories: British citizenship for those with right of
abode in the UK, British Dependent Territories citizenship for
those with connection with existing Dependent Territories and,
BOC for the rest. Most BOCs are CUKCS who were connected with
former dependencies and retained their CUKC status on the
independence of the country with which they were connected.
there will probably be four types of Hong Kong
about 1988 to 1997. They Will be (a) a
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