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DOCUMENT IS THE PROPERTY OF HER BRITANNIC MAJESTY'S

GOVERNMENT

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March 1990

DEFENCE AND OVERSEA POLICY COMMITTEE SUB-COMMITTEE ON HONG KONG

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HONG KONG ASSURANCES: LEGISLATION

Memorandum by the Secretary of State for the Home Department

1. Since the Foreign Secretary's announcement on 20 December

1989 about our proposals for granting citizenship to 30,000 key

Hong Kong personnel, I have written to colleagues on 11 and 31

January of the likely shape of the Bill and the further work

which is being done by our own and HKG officials.

Instructions

to Parliamentary Counsel are in hand and it remains the intention

to introduce the Bill in the week beginning 2 April. Given the

amount of work which remains to be done before the Bill is ready, however, I do not believe that it will be feasible to attempt to

secure a second reading by Easter.

2. The purpose of this memorandum is to:

a)

seek colleagues' endorsement of the broad structure of

the selection scheme as it currently stands;

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