TNAG-1849-FCO40-2624-House-of-Commons-Select-Committee-on-Foreign-Affairs-enquiry-1989 — Page 43

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TRANSCRIPT J: SELECT COMMITTEE RE HONG KONG 24 MAY 1989

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MR. TIM RENTON

(CONTD):

same rights in terms of access to consular services of the

it has a note in it,

United Kingdom in third countries;

as you will know, about the right of return to the owner

of this passport which is linked to a Hong Kong identity

card.

I think a lot of the trouble at the moment, I have

to say to you, is lack of knowledge about the passport.

It is early days. I think the percentage of those taking

It was 13-14 percent, it is now up it up is increasing.

to a somewhat higher figure. I think incidentally,

Kr. Chairman, I said 60,000 BMO passports a few minutes ago

it is actually 62,000 under the statistic I now see.

I would have thought that this figure is likely to

increase over the years as more travel on it and find that they can get into other countries with no more problem or

difficulty than they can on their BDTC passport.

XR

DENNIS CAZNAVAH:

We received evidence from one individual who said

that Austria, for example, does not require a visa for a BDTC passport, but does require a visa for a BFO and that Pakistan does not require a visa for a BDTC but does not

allow entry for BNO.

Is this true and are there any other examples?