TNAG-2383-FCO40-3465-Hong-Kong-nationality-ethnic-minorities-in-Hong-Kong-1991 — Page 19

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Honorary President

Douglas Laing, FRCS, FACS. JP.

Honorary Vice Presidents

Dr S V Gittins, 08E, QC, LLD,

Peter Hall, Esq., FCA,

Dr C J Symons, CBE, LLD,

Executive Committee

EP HO. Esa.. CBE. JP (President" LC Kotewall, Esq., (Vice President S M Churn, Esq., ED (Hon. Treasurer) Miss J A Willis, JP (Hon. Secretary]! Denis C Cunningham, Esq..

JC Fenton. Esq.

Stephen Fisher, Dr.

Philip Hung, Esg.

Miss Susan Johnson,

Fred Lee, Esq.

Kenneth Lo, Esq., OBE, JP,

S J Lowcock. Esq., MBE, JP.

Michael Tse Esq.

THE WELFARE LEAGUE

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Red Office: 14th Floor, Wah Shing Centre.

5 Fung Yip St., Chai Wan, Hong Kong.

2.5 MAR 1990

RECEIVED

Correspondence Address:

6 Lloyd Path, The Peak,

Hong Kong.

22 March 1991.

His Excellency the Governor,

Sir David Clive Wilson, GCMG,

Government House,

Hong Kong.

Your Excellency,

British Citizenship for Hong Kong Eurasians

Now that the applications for the first phase of the British Nationality (Hong Kong) Scheme have been received by the Administration, my Committee have instructed me to revert to you on the matter of the grant of British Citizenship for Hong Kong Eurasians who do not already possess third country nationality or citizenship.

The case for special consideration of our community remains as previously submitted - namely, that we are the section of the population most at risk

risk when Hong Kong reverts to China in 1997 because:

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Our blood links with the former Colonial Power, Britain, make us a continuing reminder of the blot on China's history brought about by the Opium Wars;

Our steadfast support of the Crown throughout Hong Kong's history, as exemplified in General Maltby's Despatch on the Defence of Hong Kong in 1941, further marks us as a suspect group; and

we look different and are commonly included among the "foreign devils": the 1970's persecution of the Farmer family in North China, where they had lived and worked for over 50 years and they spoke Chinese only, is ready evidence of the danger we will face.

In our previous submissions we estimated that not more than · 1000 individuals will need this grant. Following a survey of our membership (including close relatives who have not joined the League), and the response from a public notice in the