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Action Taken
HONG KONG AGREEMENT:
1.
PARLIAMENTARY QUESTIONS
FOLLOWING PQS HAVE BEEN SUBMITTED TO THE HOME SECRETARY
BY SIR PATRICK WALL:
(A)
(B)
'TO ASK THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT,
WHAT ESTIMATE HE HAS OF THE NUMBERS OF THE INHABITANTS OF
HONG KONG WHO WILL HAVE THE RIGHT OF ENTRY INTO GREAT
BRITAIN.'
'TO ASK THE SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE HOME DEPARTMENT,
WHICH CATEGORIES OF PEOPLE NOW IN HONG KONG WILL BE
PERMITTED TO ENTER BRITAIN FOR SETTLEMENT ON THE
HAND-OVER OF THE COLONY TO THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF
CHINA. '
HOME OFFICE PROPOSE TO REPLY AS FOLLOWS:
2.
(A)
'IT IS ESTIMATED THAT THERE ARE SOME 15000 PEOPLE IN HONG
KONG WHO HAVE THE RIGHT OF ABODE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM
(B)
AND THEREBY HAVE THE RIGHT TO ENTER THIS COUNTRY TOGETHER
WITH THEIR DEPENDANTS.'
THOSE WITH THE RIGHT OF ABODE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND
FORMER SERVICEMEN IN HONG KONG WHO SERVED IN THE DEFENCE
OF HONG KONG IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR AND THEIR
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