TNAG-1560-FCO40-2124-Future-of-Hong-Kong-nationality-and-passports-Hong-Kong-(Br-1986 — Page 91

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HONG KONG AGREEMENT : NATIONALITY ORDER IN COUNCIL.

YOU MAY BE INTERESTED TO KNOW THAT THE COUNCIL OF HONG KONG HINDHAN ASSOCIATIONS HAS BEEN MAKING ENQUIRIES ABOUT THE FACTUAL INFORMATION ON ETHNIC MINORITIES PRESENTED TO THE HOME OFFICE. IN PARTICULAR, THEY HELD THAT OUR ESTIMATED TOTAL OF ROUGHLY 11,000 WAS ON THE HIGH SIDE. THEIR OWN ESTIMATES ABOUT 9,000. NARAIN SAID THAT OUR FIGURE COULD HAVE INCLUDED THOSE WHO HAD TAKEN UP HINDAN NATIONALITY, SUCH AS INDIAN CHILDREN BORN IN HONG KONG WHO WOULD BE ALLOWED UNDER INDIAN LAWS TO OPT FOR INDIAN PASSPORTS ON REACHING THE AGE OF EIGHTEEN. HE SAID THE COUNCIL MIGHT CONDUCT A SURVEY AMONGST ITS MEMBERS TO ESTABLISH MORE ACCURATE FIGURES ABOUT THE NUMBERS OF HINDAN BDTCS IN HONG KONG.

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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 OFFICE,

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MR MCDONOUGH, B2 DIV, HOME OFFICE. MR WOOD LEGAL ADVISERS

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