the Hong Kong Standard,
copy
South China Morning Post and attached, published on three consecutive days, 3 to 5
December 1990, we was far too high as accompanying schedule, grant.
safely say that our previous estimate under 150 individuals, as listed in the have indicated that they need this
I wish to make clear that the League has consistently urged both our membership, and all the others who responded to our public notice, that
that they should also take advantage of the opportunity afforded by the British Nationality (Hong Kong) Scheme and submit their applications even though they may judge their chances to be slim. Accordingly, some on the attached list will have made separate application
application to the Immigration Department, but having regard to the age or lack of appropriate occupational status of many of them, I trust you will understand any apparent inaction on their part.
We earnestly pray that you will find it possible to recommend the grant of British Citizenship to everyone on this list of under 150 Hong Kong Eurasians, either to take up any shortfall in the overall applications (including smaller households than the global 225,000 persons originally envisaged), or through discretionary powers available to the Secretary of State, or through modification of the Scheme to include specific provision for Hong Kong's Eurasians in the in the second round.
Yours faithfully,
this would be possible (but HKG wouldn't
wearve).
(EP Ho )
President
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