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Dr. Douglas Laing, FRCS, FACS, JP
Members of the Committee
Eric P. He, E9q., CBE, JP, President
Peter A. Mall Esq.. FÇA, Vice-President & Hon. Treasurer
Miss J.A. Willis, Hon. Secretary
$.M. Churn, Esq., ED
J.C. Fenton, Esq.
L.C. Ketewall, Esq,
Kenneth Lo, Esq., OBE, JP
Registered Address :
Am. 3608 Hopewell Centre
183, Queen's Road East, Hạng Kong
3.3. Lowcock, Esq., MBE, JP British Citizenship for Hong Kong Eurasians.
Faul Stoppa, Esq.
Frank S.H. Wong, Esq.
The Welfare League came into being in 1930 to assume a trust for ten thousand Hong Kong dollars, from an anonymous Eurasian donor, for the welfare of the Eurasian Community of Hong Kong.
The League became incorporated under the Companies Ordinance, by guarantee, in 1950. We are recognised by the Commissioner of Inland Revenue as a charity for taxation purposes. Notwithstanding our humble beginning, by virtue of the support received from the Eurasian Community. over the past sixty years, 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.
We welcome the decision of Her Majesty's Government to enact legislation to
to grant
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.
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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 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 of Hong Kong in December 1941, where he said:
"In closing my despatch I wish to pay especial tribute to the Hong Kong Volunteer Defence corps.... Το quote examples seems almost invidious, but
but I should like to place on record the superb, gallantry of No.3 (Eurasian) Company at Wong Nel Chong Gap...."
Thus when Hong Kong reverts to Chinese sovereignty in 1997, the section of the population most at risk will be the Eurasians on account of our long association with the British Administration and establishment, our very origins, and, not least, because we look different. The experience Of the Farmer brothers of North China during the Cultural Revolution haunts us all
and the Farmers spoke no language but Chinese, and could hardly be said to have been associated with any Colonial Authority. Accordingly, ve pray that
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