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FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 1993
OF 2004OOZ JUNE 89
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HKB 011/3
INFO PRIORITY HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON
1400
026431
MDHIAN 9949
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FOREIGN AFFAIRS COMMITTEE: MEANS OF OBTAINING BDTC STATUS.
IN MY EVIDENCE TO THE COMMITTEE ON 12 JUNE, I WAS ASKED BY MR TAYLOR ABOUT THE NUMBER OF HKBDTCS WHO HAD ACQUIRED THAT STATUS BY BIRTH AND THE NUMBER WHO ACQUIRED IT OTHERWISE POST-1962. I UNDERTOOK TO PROVIDE AN IDEA OF THE NUMBERS. I SHOULD BE GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD PASS THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION TO THE COMMITTEE ON MY BEHALF.
2. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PERSONS WHO HAVE ACQUIRED BRITISH NATIONALITY IN HONG KONG BY NATURALISATION OR REGISTRATION SINCE JANUARY 1962 IS APPROXIMATELY 65,000. ALLOWING FOR DEATHS AND CHANGES IN NATIONALITY STATUS, WE ESTIMATE THAT THE PRESENT NUMBER OF BDTCS WHO WILL HAVE ACQUIRED THAT STATUS OTHER THAN BY BIRTH WILL NOT/NOT BE MORE THAN 60,000. THE REMAINDER OF THE ESTIMATED 3.28 MILLION BDTCS WILL HAVE ACQUIRED THEIR BRITISH NATIONALITY BY BIRTH (INCLUDING A SMALL, UNKNOWN NUMBER BY DESCENT).
3. WE ARE NOT /NOT READILY ABLE TO IDENTIFY WHAT PROPORTION OF
HK BDTCS WERE BORN BEFORE OR AFTER 1962. BUT THE COMMITTEE MAY WISH TO NOTE AS A VERY ROUGH POINT OF REFERENCE THAT SOME 43 PERCENT OF HONG KONG'S PRESENT POPULATION WERE BORN IN OR AFTER 1962.
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PS/LORD GLENARTHUR
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