TNAG-1849-FCO40-2624-House-of-Commons-Select-Committee-on-Foreign-Affairs-enquiry-1989 — Page 69

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24 MAY 1989

CHAIRMAN (CONTD):

It was pointed out to us that identity cards have

these

already been issued by the Hong Kong Government and have only been issued to people of Chinese origin carry three small stars and when they are not of Chinese

origin they do not.

We had a communication to this Committee which went

as follows:

"I and my family" a Hong Kong person writing

"are of European

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a non-ethnic minority person origin and are now coded separately from the

of residents of Hong Kong.

I am not entitled to

right of abode in the UK and I am also not

entitled to the full benefits of Hong Kong or

Chinese nationality. "

What are we going to do about these people who seem

to be in danger of being left in the interstices of

policy policy and without any home or state?

Our

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