TNAG-2630-FCO40-3821-Future-of-Hong-Kong-nationality-British-National-(Overseas)-1992 — Page 48

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BN(0) PASSPORTS: LEGCO QUESTION BY THE HON DR LEONG CHE-HUNG

1. AT MINIMAL NOTICE DR LEONG HAS TABLED THE FOLLOWING FOR ORAL REPLY ON 25 NOVEMBER

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'WILL THE ADMINISTRATION:

(A) INFORM THIS COUNCIL WHETHER, SINCE THE BEGINNING OF 1992, BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORY CITIZEN (BDTC) AND BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS) (BN(0)) PASSPORT HOLDERS HAVE BEEN SUBJECT TO MORE STRINGENT IMMIGRATION CLEARANCE REQUIREMENTS THAN BEFORE WHEN TRAVELLING TO AND/OR SEEKING TO REMAIN IN THE EC COUNTRIES:

(B) CONFIRM WITH THE UK GOVERNMENT WHETHER THE LATTER HAS ISSUED ANY KIND OF NOTIFICATION TO OTHER EC COUNTRIES, REMINDING THEM TO PAY SPECIAL ATTENTION TO HOLDERS OF BRITISH PASSPORTS ISSUED IN HONG KONG BECAUSE THE UK IS TO HAND OVER HONG KONG TO CHINA IN

1997: AND

(C) UP-DATE THIS COUNCIL ON THE PROGRESS OF INTERNATIONAL

RECOGNITION OF THE BN (0) PASSPORTS?

2. GRATEFUL YOUR ADVICE ON (A) AND (B) (WE ASSUME THE ANSWER TO BOTH IS 'NO') TO REACH US BY 010OZ ON TUESDAY, 24 NOVEMBER. THIS WILL GIVE US TIME TO FORMULATE SUPPLEMENTARIES. APOLOGIES FOR THE SHORT DEADLINE WHICH HAS BEEN FOISTED ON US.

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