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DD 300100Z HOKON
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TO DESKBY 300100Z HONG KONG
TELNO 782
OF 2915452 APRIL 86
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING
6W)
YOUR TELNOS 1864 AND 1265: NATIONALITY ORDER IN COUNCIL: DRAFT
LEGCO STATEMENT BY CHIEF SECRETARY
1.
WE ARE IN GENERAL CONTENT WITH THE DRAFT STATEMENT IN
SECOND TUR ALTHOUGH FOR GREATER PRECISION AND CLARITY WE SUGGEST
THE FOLLOWING AMENDMENTS:
(A)
PARA 4: FIRST SENTENCE: AMEND TO READ 1 ... HER
MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT DO NOT CONSIDER IT FIGHT TO GRANT BRITISH
CITIZENSHIP TO THOSE BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZENS WHO
ARE NOT ETHNICALLY CHINESE IF ON 1 JULY 1997 THEY WOULD OTHERWISE
BE STATELESS.'
(B)
PAPA 4: ADD NEW SECOND AND THIRD SENTENCES AS FOLLOWS
STATELESS. HOWEVER AS IS ALREADY PROVIDED IN THE DRAFT
OPDER THEY WILL BE ABLE TO ACQUIRE BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS)
STATUS BEFORE 1 JULY 1997 AND WILL ON THAT DATE BECOME BRITISH
OVERSEAS CITIZENS IF THEY DO NOT DO SO. THEIR CHILDREN WILL ALSO
BE BRITISH OVERSEAS CITIZENS IF THEY WOULD OTHERWISE BE STATELESS
AND THEIR GRANDCHILDREN WILL HAVE AN ENTITLEMENT TO ACQUIRE
BRITISH OVERSEAS CITIZENSHIP IF THEY ARE BORN STATELESS.
MOREOVER, IN RESPECT OF
(0)
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PARA 4, NEXT SENTENCE TO READ 'MOREOVER, IN RESPECT OF
THOSE AFFECTED, THE HOME SECRETARY HAS GIVEN AN ASSURANCE THAT IF
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