TNAG-2198-FCO40-3152-Hong-Kong-nationality-spouses-and-widows-of-British-expatria-1990 — Page 9

CONFIDENTIAL

FM HONG KONG

TO

IMMEDIATE FCO

TELNO 2917

CONFIDENTIAL

RECEIVED

HKD 340/8

06 OCT 1990

Spouse

(46

074515

MDHIAN 2098

DESK OFFICE"

INDEX

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OF 021018Z OCTOBER 90

INFO IMMEDIATE HKG OFFICE LONDON

HKG OFFICE LONDON FOR COMMISSIONER

HKG OFFICE LONDON PERSONAL FOR YAXLEY

NON-BRITISH SPOUSES OF EXPATRIATE BRITISH CITIZENS

Q DIST?

1. IN PARAGRAPH 4 OF OUR TELNO 2748 ON LORD CAITHNESS' VISIT, WE MENTIONED THAT WE WERE MAKING ARRANGEMENTS TO SET UP A

REGISTRATION SCHEME FOR SPOUSES OF EXPATRIATE BRITISH CITIZENS.

DETAILS OF THE SCHEME HAVE NOT YET BEEN PUBLICISED. WE WOULD OBTAIN HOME OFFICE'S GREEN LIGHT AND THEIR LATEST IDEAS ON IMPLEMENTATION ETC. WE ARE STILL WAITING FOR THE FORMAL GO-AHEAD FROM HOME OFFICE.

2. THIS SCHEME WAS FIRST RAISED BY MRS GRIMSEY AND MISS DEWS OF

THE HOME OFFICE WITH DONALD TSANG WHEN TSANG WAS IN LONDON IN JUNE (PAUL WAS BRIEFED ON THIS BY TSANG ON 27 JUNE). SUBSEQUENTLY, MR LLOYD, IN A WRITTEN PARLIAMENTARY ANSWER TO MR PAUL CHANNON ON 25 JULY, GAVE AN ASSURANCE THAT THE REGISTRATION SCHEME WOULD BE SET UP AND THAT DETAILS WERE BEING FINALISED. SINCE THEN NO FURTHER MESSAGES OR INSTRUCTIONS FROM HO ON THIS MATTER.

3. GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD CHECK THE PRESENT POSITION ON THIS WITH HOME OFFICE, PARTICULARLY THE DECISION ON THE WORDING OF THE PROPOSED LETTER TO BE ISSUED TO THE SPOUSES. DONALD TSANG HAS WRITTEN SEPARATELY TO MRS GRIMSEY ON THIS SUBJECT.

WILSON

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