TNAG-1568-FCO40-2134-Future-of-Hong-Kong-nationality-and-passports-Hong-Kong-(Br-1986 — Page 10

Foreign and Commonwealth Office

London SW1A 2AH

Mr P M Thompson

North Devon District Council

Civil Centre

Barnstaple

DEVON

EX31 1EA

Telephone 01233 4475

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Your referencePMT/JMA/H3/1 H3/11

Our reference RD1ANT

Date22 September 1986

Thank you for your letter of 18 August

concerning

the possible influx of Hong Kong residents to the UK in the years leading up to 1997. I have been asked to reply.

Apart from the approximate number of 20,000 British citizens in Hong Kong, no other inhabitants of the territory, whether or not they hold other forms of British nationality, have the right of abode in the United Kingdom.

assurances

Hong Kong

In addition, the Government believes that the Hong Kong Agreement provides the

necessary to enable all those who live and work in

to plan confidently for their future there. There is therefore no reason to believe that Hong Kong residents will wish to leave Hong Kong for the United Kingdom at any time in the future.

RECEIVE!

Huck 340/1

FGISTRY

14 OCT 1986

*.GISTRY Action Taken

DJ R Austin

Hong Kong Department