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002432 MDLOAN 5529
CONFIDENTIAL
FM FCO
TO PRIORITY NAIROBI
TELNO 320
OF 24170OZ JUNE 91
AND TO PRIORITY HONG KONG
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DHC'S LETTER OF 14 JUNE TO HKD: SETTLEMENT IN KENYA BY HONG KONG RESIDENTS.
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1 FROM THE LIMITED INFORMATION AVAILABLE IN CAPTAIN KIENDI'S LETTER, THE PROPOSAL BY DUCAPA WOULD APPEAR TO BE A CHERRY-PICKING EXERCISE. WHILE WE AND THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT ARE INTERESTED IN SCHEMES WHICH WOULD PROVIDE HONG KONG RESIDENTS WITH THE ASSURANCE OF A RIGHT OF ABODE ELSEWHERE TO ENABLE THEM TO REMAIN IN HONG KONG, WE DO NOT SUPPORT ANY INITIATIVE WHICH ENCOURAGES PEOPLE TO EMIGRATE. ANY SCHEME WHICH ENCOURAGED HONG KONG RESIDENTS TO LEAVE WOULD RUN COUNTER TO THE OBJECTIVE OF THE BRITISH NATIONALITY CHONG KONG) ACT 1990 WHICH WAS DESIGNED TO ANCHOR PEOPLE IN HONG KONG.
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WE SHOULD BE INTERESTED TO KNOW HOW MUCH SUBSTANCE THERE IS IN THE ASSERTION THAT A LARGE GROUP OF HONG KONG BRITISH NATIONALS HAVE EXPRESSED AN INTEREST IN KENYA INVESTMENT. THE SUGGESTION IN THE LETTER THAT THESE POTENTIAL INVESTORS WOULD BE ''STATELESS AT THE END OF 1997'' LEADS US TO SUSPECT THAT THEY MIGHT BE FROM THE HONG KONG INDIAN COMMUNITY. (GRATEFUL FOR CLARIFICATION). THE STATELESS REFERENCE IS A FAMILIAR MYTH. UNDER THE HONG KONG (BRITISH NATIONALITY) ORDER 1986, ANY HONG KONG RESIDENT WHO WOULD OTHERWIDE BE RENDERED STATELESS ON 1 JULY 1997, SHALL AUTOMATICALLY BECOME A BRITISH OVERSEAS CITIZEN. DUCAPA'S PROPOSAL MAY HAVE BEEN OVERTAKEN NOW, AS IT APPEARS TO HAVE TAKEN THE KENYAN MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY TEN MONTHS TO REFER THE DUCAPA LETTER TO YOU.
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SUBJECT TO HONG KONG'S VIEWS (TO WHOM WE ARE FAXING THE LUR) YOU MAY WISH TO EMPHASISE TO THE KENYAN AUTHORITIES OUR POLICY ON ASSURANCE SCHEMES AS IN PARA 1 ABOVE.
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