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Immigration and Nationality Department

Lu House 40 Wellesley Road Croydon CR9 2BY

Telephone 01-760

(GTN 3882)

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Wayne Lewis Esq

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Date

9 March 1990

Hong Kong/China Desk

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Department of Trade and Industry

1-19 Victoria Street

London SW1H OET

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HONG KONG NATIONALITY PACKAGE

Further to my recent letter to you about how to define

'British company' may I now seek your assistance in another

aspect of our work on this legislation?

We are engaged in compiling briefing material for Ministers'

use during the passage of the Bill. I should be grateful for

advice in providing Ministers with briefing material on the extent of the UK's economic interest in Hong Kong. The damage

to UK interests that would result from a collapse of

confidence in Hong Kong and a consequent deterioration in its

economy is an important plank in the Government's case for the

nationality legislation. I realise that responsibility for this may go wider than DTI, and I would be grateful for your

advice if there is anyone else I should also be consulting.

The letter of 5 March from Helen Shanks of CSO (copy attached) has provided some useful material on direct investment in Hong

Kong but are there not other aspects of the UK's stake in the

territory which could usefully be cited? Examples which occur

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