TNAG-1899-FCO40-2697-Future-of-Hong-Kong-briefing-1989 — Page 144

FCO40 Hong Kong Department Records 聯邦事務部香港部檔案 All

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Islands (following the war).

(Citizenship for wives and widows of ex-servicemen?)

Await dossier from OMELCO. Will then look into the position with Home Office. Sure Home Secretary will look sympathetically at individual requests for entry to UK.

(Why so few Hong Kong civil servants granted citizenship?)

Matter for Home Secretary's discretion. Made clear during passage of British Nationality Act that Section 4(5) would only be used sparingly.

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