CONFIDENTIAL
Questions for the Prime Minister.
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Prime Minister the values that you preach hard work/ family/free enterprise are matters very close to the heart of most Asians in the U.K. In fact the last 10 years of "Thatcherism" have economically benefitted the Asians community in particular, and you have a lot of admirers amongst them. Some of them feel your soul is "Asian" · Any comments?
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Mr Norman Tebbit during the Hong Kong Nationality Bill spoke of the "Cricket Test" loyalty, asking which side Asians would cheer for. What are your views on this?
Talking of granting British passports to Hong Kong Chinese
may I remind you Prime Minister that even today there are over 30,000 East African British passport holders in India waiting to enter the U.K. Her Majesty's Government has applied a "quota voucher system" whereby only 500 can be admitted every year.
For someone at the end of the queue it could possibly take over 60 years to be given this right of residence. What is Her Majesty's Government's plan to speed up this process in view of the fact that you are now planning to give the Hong Kong Chinese "right of residence" in the U.K.
Salman Rushdie's book the "Satanic Verses" (whatever the merits or demerits of the issue) has created havoc for "race relations" in the U.K.
What in your opinion is the way to defuse this issue? What is the way forward?
There seems to be a controversy about the British High Commissioner's residence in New Delhi and the Indian High Commissioner's residence at Kensington Palace Gardens where the respective leases have run out. Has a solution being found?
No comments yet.
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