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BRITISH NATIONALITY (HONG KONG) ACT: BRITISH UNDERTAKINGS

LIST

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1. I submit for Ministers' approval a further list of 18

British Undertakings approved by the Advisory Group in Hong

Kong.

2.

Apart from a few minor comments, the DTI have approved

the 18 names on the list. Following previous practice they

have checked through Companies House in respect of those

which claimed a connection to a British registered company.

We also are content that the Advisory Committee's recommendations regarding all these organisations follow the

established guidelines.

3.

The list submitted by the British Trade Commission in Hong Kong originally included one further organisation, "Save the Children", which we have omitted at this time.

Following my submission of 17 May, Ministers approved inter alia the Hong Kong Red Cross and Salvation Army. However the Governor has subsequently asked the Advisory Group to look again at whether these should be classed as British Undertakings. Legal advisers are looking into this at

present. As Save The Children has been classed as a British Undertaking under the same guidelines as the Red Cross and

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