TNAG-2378-FCO40-3457-Hong-Kong-nationality-British-Nationality-(Hong-Kong)-Act-19-1991 — Page 137

RESTRICTED

Covers CONFIDENTIAL

На раны,

HKD

A

༢༠༤

will

from his

comment

below

Lost Cruihned

wither

your

recommend cis

FROM:

A R Paul

Mr Deal is W/31/12

Mr

HAMS

fur laget Rn

+ po 31/12

Hong Kong Department

170

・APS/Lord Caitliny

DATE:

20 December 1990

HKD 340

RECEIVED

340/14

to Ruth

2 - JAN 1991 28. xii

FICER

INDEX

CC:

Mr McLaren

PA

Action Takeli

Mr Fifoot, Legal

Advisers

Inverently to kee. Jagree P. Heap

PS/Lord Caithness should write

as suggested i tel 405, Some might not want to be classed

BRITISH NATIONALITY (HONG KONG) ACT: BRITISH UNDERTAKINGS

Problem

not an

the

a British. Paul Fefoor is right b say, those who are auctail list must have every opportung

1. Mr Heap's Advisory Group are now in the final stages of

to part

producing a list of British undertakings for the purposes of the Nationality Act. What steer should we give them about then

the "difficult" cases, such as Hutchisons and Wharf?

Recommendation

Case

с.

22/12

2. I recommend that the approach adopted by the Group

should be generally endorsed but that Mr Heap should be

advised that Ministers would expect such companies to be

included as "British", in view of their close connection with the UK. Mr Heap should, as he proposes, write to the Chairman of such companies requesting relevant information

to facilitate this.

A

Background and Argument

3.

Mr Heap reports in BTC telno 405 that the Advisory Group

have now reached a decision on all but 33 of the firms known

to them. They have approved 670 and rejected about 150. The majority of these have already been examined by the DTI who have confirmed that most of them are registered or are

PATACY/1

RESTRICTED