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them citizenship in for Canada, Australia or even the United Kingdom is an option, as a modest investor willing to satisfy a residence qualification.
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6. In conclusion therefore, I would advise that any future schemes designed to profit from Hong Kong's present anxieties be very carefully considered. cannot, and would not, prevent a Hong Kong resident applying for residence in another British dependency if he or she so wishes. But actively to seek to attract such people in numbers risks offering them false hope (of ✓ right of abode in the United Kingdom), runs against
Britain's stated policy objective to provide reassurance and conditions for the future to enable these people to remain in Hong Kong, and is likely to be based on the false assumption that there are a great many people in Hong Kong willing to part with a substantial sum of money to secure this privilege.
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AR Paul
Hong Kong Department
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