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naturalised passport. His DI or CI and passport records are thus inserted in the same microjacket.) There are also DI or CI application records and UK entry application records staying in the same microjacket. (This happens when a DI or CI holder applies for a UK visa.) Therefore, we need seriously consider the worth of the segregation and manpower and resources implications that come with After careful examination of the situation, we have identified a number of the UK-related records which, in our views, the HMG

may have an interest to keep after 1997 and propose that these records be transferred to the HMG upon the change of sovereignty or to the future HK BCG at an appropriate time. These records are :-

as a HK BDTC and then obtained a

to

the it.

(a)

(b)

Homs offer

MVD

FCOL-2 31.10.1991

(c)

Application records for

(as

naturalisation listed at

and registration para. 2(a) above) These are paper records and can be readily retrieved for the transfer. According to para. 1.16.2, DSP Vol. 46, the register and original application forms of naturalisation and registration are permanent records and must be transferred to the British authority at independence;

Records of letter of assurance for entry to the UK issued to spouse of BCs (as listed at para. 2(b) (ii) above) These are paper records and can be readily retrieved for the transfer. These records may help the officials in future HK BCG in determining who may admitted to the UK after 1997 at the promise of FCO;

the be

Records for the grant of certificates

entitlement

(as

——

listed

at

of para. 2(b) (iii) above) Some of the certificates

are granted locally. These records provide good. reference value when the holder applies for renewal of the certificate on a new travel document after 1997. Because of the small number of persons having been granted the certificates locally (about 709 from 1 JAN 1983 to 30 SEP 1991), there will not be much problem for us to dig out and separate these records from the pool of mixed microjackets for the future transfer;

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