5.
b.
c.
on China's history brought about by the Opium Wars;
we
look different, and are commonly included among "the foreign devils": the experience of the Farmer family in North China in the 1970's (they had an English father but spoke only Chinese and were engaged in manual work; they were persecuted, dispossessed and expelled when they were over 50 years old and never having left the country before) is ready evidence of this danger;
we have always been supportive of the Crown: 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.... To quote examples seems almost invidious, but I should like to place on record the superb gallantry of No.3 (Eurasian) Company at Wong Nei Chong Gap.
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Accordingly, we appeal to the Lords to insert a clause in the Bill to permit any Hong Kong British Dependent Territory Citizen who has no other Third Country Citizenship
or Nationality and who is directly descended from a person who was
a. born in the United Kingdom; or
b. naturalised in the United Kingdom; or
c. settled and had died in the United Kingdom,
to be registrable as a British Citizen.
6.
Not more than 1000 individuals can benefit from this provision.
means
universal.
7. Although provision for the registration of births in Hong Kong has existed since 1870, it is an unfortunate fact that such registrations were by no Furthermore, several families within our community trace their ancestry of mixed parentage through births in Hong Kong between 1841 and 1870. The loss of personal and official records during the Japanese Occupation add further to the problem. Thus it will be essential for any such registration as a British Citizen to be recommended to the Secretary of State by the Governor, SO that he can take into account whatever evidence and local knowledge which may be available. The inclusion of 5 C. above is also intended to ease the difficulty of tracing details of births or naturalisations in certain cases.
8. small
Because the numbers involved
we repeat our estimate
under this proposal are
1000 individuals, of
not
families and, particularly, ૩૩ our case for the grant of British citizenship is wholly based on our British descent, and the need to provide for those past their prime, we
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