TNAG-2629-FCO40-3820-Future-of-Hong-Kong-nationality-British-National-(Overseas)-1992 — Page 27

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We can

Heng Kang Act 1785

2(3)

(b)

2

4

the Order in Council should give us the

discretion to approve late applications

for BN (0) status where applicants can

show reasonable excuse for missing their

cut-off dates, or where they are

naturalized as BDTCs during or after

their call-up phase;

(c)

following (a), we should launch a phased

programme of registrations, inviting

people to come forward by age group from

mid-1993;

S20)

(d) we should at a later date seek an

amendment to the Hong Kong Act 1985

empowering us to impose a cut-off date

for the naturalisation and registration

of Hong Kong residents as BDTCS.

too should provide us with the

This

flexibility to handle late applications

where applicants can shown reasonable

excuse; and

publicity should be relatively "low-key"

but adequate to ensure that all eligible

people are aware of these arrangements.