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YOUR TELNO 180: HONG KONG AGREEMENT : NATIONALITY
THE TEAM WILL BRING WITH THEM THE DETAILS REQUESTED.
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2. THE BACKGROUND TO UMELCO'S CONCERNS IS THAT A NUMBER OF DISTRICT BOARDS EXPRESSED CONCERN WITH CHINESE BDTCS WHO BECAME BDTCS BY NATURALISATION OR REGISTRATION WHEN THEY VISITED UMELCO TO VOICE THEIR SUPPORT FOR LEGCO'S THREE-POINT MOTION. THEIR POINT
WAS THAT CHINESE BDTCS BY NATURALISATION OR REGISTRATION WE RE BDTCS
WHO MADE A DELIBERATE DECISION TO ACQUIRE BRITISH NATIONALITY, AND COULD THEREFORE BE SUBJECT TO PARTICULAR PRESSURE OR PREJUDICE,
SUCH AS BEING DISCRIMINATED AGAINST BRITISH RUNNING DOGS', AFTER
1997. DISTRICT BOARD MEMBERS THEREFORE ARGUED THAT THIS GROUP ALSO
DESERVED SPECIAL TREATEMENT.
3. WE ARE AWARE OF SUCH SENTIMENTS BUT IT IS HARD TO COMMENT ON HOW REAL THE FEAR IS. NOR HAVE WE SEEN ANY INDICATIONS OF POSSIBLE DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THIS PARTICULAR GROUP OF BDTCS.
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HONG KONG AGREEMENT: NATIONALITY
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HD/NTD
RESEARCH D (MR WALKER)
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SIR W HARDING
MR WILSON
COPIES TO:
MR ROBERTS, NEWS DEPT
MR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS
MR GRAINGER, LEGAL ADVISERS
MR D MCDOUGALL, MVD
MR HYDE, HOME OFFICE
MR EMERY, B4 DIV, HOME OFFICE, CROYDON
MR NICHOLSON, PASSPORT DEPT, HOME OFFIC
ROOM 236, CLIVE HOUSE.
MR MCDONOUGH, B2 DIV, HOME OFFICE MR WOOD LEGAL ADVISERS
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