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INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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076733 MDADAN 3923
MY TELNO 377 AND 392: CONSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT: NATIONALITY/RIGHT OF ABODE
1. AS USEFUL BACKGROUND FOR OUR DISCUSSIONS WITH THE CHINESE ON THIS SUBJECT, WE HAVE RUN A QUICK CHECK OF THE NATIONALITY OF THE PRESENT NON-OFFICIAL MEMBERSHIP OF LEGCO. THIS IS INEVITABLY AN INEXACT PROCESS BECAUSE MANY GIVE THEIR NATIONALITY AS BRITISH AND WE CANNOT, WITHOUT ASKING, DETERMINE WHETHER THEY ARE BC OR BDTCS: BUT WE BELIEVE THAT AT LEAST 7 ARE FULL BCS. IN ADDITION, TWO ARE U.S. CITIZENS. ON THIS BASIS, WE HAVE AT LEAST 9 OUT OF 46 (IE 20 PERCENT) WHO ARE NEITHER CHINESE NATIONALS NOR BDTCS.
2. THE ABOVE PERCENTAGE REPRESENTS A MINIMUM FIGURE ONLY (EG IT DOES NOT INCLUDE THOSE WITH RIGHT OF ABODE OUTSIDE HONG KONG, SUCH AS US GREEN-CARD HOLDERS), AND SUGGESTS THAT IF WE FAIL TO REMOVE THIS PROVISION ALTOGETHER WE SHOULD PRESS FOR A MINIMUM OF AT LEAST 25 PERCENT FOR THE SAR LEGISLATURE.
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