THE WELFARE LEAGUE
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Registered address:
Rm. 5608 Hopewell Centre, 183, Queen's Road Est, Hong Kong.
Honorary President
Dr Douglas Laing, F.R.C.S., F.A.C.S., J.P.
Honorary Vice Presidents
Dr S. V. Gittins, O.B.E.. QC, L.L.D.
Peter Hall, Esq., F.C.A.
Dr C. J. Symons, C.B.E., L.L.D.
General Committee
E.P. Ho, Esq., C.B.E., J.P. (President) L.C. Kotewall, Esq. (Vice President) Michael Tse, Esq. (Hon Treasurer) Miss J.A. Willis (Hon Secretary) S.M. Chum, Esq., E.D.
J.C. Fenton, Esq.
Kenneth Lo, Esq., O.B.E., J.P.
S.J. Lowcock, Esq., M.B.E., J.P.
P. Stoppa, Esq.
Frank S.H. Wong Esq.
Dem für Peber,
Please reply to:
6 Lloyd Path,
The Peak,
Hong Kong 3.0 March 1990.
British Citizenship for Hong Kong Eurasians
I apologise if you consider I am presuming on our previous acquaintanceship to address you on this subject, but I speak not for myself ΟΙ my immediate family who all have the passports we desire, but for the Eurasian Community of Hong Kong who will be left in the lurch in 1997 and beyond.
I appeal to you as the current President of The Welfare League, a small but recognised charity which has
charity which has served the Eurasian Community here for sixty years. By virtue of the support received from our Community over this period, the net worth of the League to-day is well in excess of one million pounds sterling.
A home of last resort in the United Kingdom being the most vital factor touching on our ultimate welfare, my General Committee is unanimuously of the view that we must speak up for the Eurasian Community, lest Our case should go by default.
While stressing that British Nationality is our birthright, we nevertheless welcome the decision of Her Majesty's Government to enact legislation to grant British Citizenship for selected Hong Kong people. However, we are concerned that provision must be included therein to provide for the handful of people in Our Community who, for one reason or another, are unable to prove patriality, or otherwise do not meet those requirements on account of the number of generations not born in the United Kingdom.
The contribution of the Eurasian Community to the development of Hong Kong over the past 150 years is a matter of record, and we do not propose to restate the case. However, we feel it is pertinent for us to recall the loyalty to, and support of, the Crown given by the Eurasian Community throughout Hong Kong's history as a British Colony. This is, perhaps, best exemplified by General Maltby's Despatch on the Defence
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