TNAG-2187-FCO40-3124-Hong-Kong-British-National-(Overseas)-(BN(O))-passports-1990 — Page 11

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UNCLASSIFIED

FM HONG KONG

H4D 340/3

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY

- 5 DEC 1990

TO ROUTINE F C O

DESK OFFICER

INDEX

PA

TELNO 3617

OF 050745Z DECEMBER

REGISTR

Action Tak.

340/3

163226 MDLIAN 2425

TOP COPY Q DIST?

IS

FROM DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION

YOUR TELNO 2102 OF AUGUST 1987: BN (0) PASSPORT

IN NOVEMBER 1990, WE RECEIVED 6,578 BN (0) PASSPORT APPLICATIONS AS AGAINST 13,337 BDTC PASSPORT APPLICATIONS (I.E. A 33.03 PER CENT PREFERENCE) AS FROM 1 JULY 1987, THE CUMULATIVE TOTAL OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED FOR BN (O) PASSPORT IS 172,748 AND FOR BDTC PASSPORT IS 752,133 (I.E. A 18.68 PER CENT PREFERENCE).

FORD

YYYY

DISTRIBUTION

64

MAIN

59

.HONG KONG AGREEMENT

PUSD

.(RESTRICTED)

RAD

LIMITED

HKD

HD/FED

NTCD

NEWS D

PS/LORD CAITHNESS

PS/MR LENNOX-BOYD

MR MCLAREN

MR BURNS

ADDITIONAL

5

MS FOAKES LEGAL ADVISERS MS BARRETT LEGAL ADVISERS MR FIFOOT LEGAL ADVISERS

MR WHOMERSLEY LEGAL ADVISERS MS BARRETT LEGAL ADVISERS

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