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LORD CAITHNESS'S VISIT TO HONG KONG: MEETING WITH OMELCO

1. LADY DUNN HAS ASKED ME TO PASS ON TO LORD CAITHNESS A LETTER FROM HER SETTING OUT THE TOPICS THAT MEMBERS OF OMELCO WILL WISH TO RAISE WITH HIM AT THEIR MEETING ON 23 JULY (COPY BY FAX TO PAUL, HKD).

2. SUBJECTS MEMBERS WISH TO RAISE ARE:

(A) PROGRESS ON SOLVING THE PROBLEM OF VIETNAMESE MIGRANTS.

(B) IMPLEMENTATION OF THE BRITISH NATIONALITY SCHEME AND, IN RELATION TO THE BRITISH NATIONALITY ACT 1981, THE QUESTION OF CHILDREN BORN BEFORE 1 JANUARY 1983 TO PARENTS WHO HAVE ACQUIRED

BRITISH CITIZENSHIP UNDER THE ACT.

(C) THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON THE AIRPORT.

(D) CHINESE MOST FAVOURED NATION STATUS.

3. ON (C), THOSE WISHING TO RAISE THE SUBJECT ARE MARTIN LEE AND CH LEONG. WHEN ASKED WHAT POINTS THEY WISHED TO ASK ABOUT, THEY REFERRED TO THEIR SPEECHES IN LEGCO ON 10 JULY. TEXTS FROM HANSARD ARE BEING FAXED TO PAUL, HKD.

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