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CONFIDENTIAL

FM HONG KONG

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELNO 2713

OF 170958Z NOVEMBER 92

CONFIDENTIAL

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057162

MDHIAN 8006

PERSONAL FOR RICKETTS, HKD FROM DPS/GH.

MIPT: BRITISH NATIONALITY (HONG KONG) ACT 1990: BONAS MACHINE COMPANY

1. THANK YOU FOR YOUR LETTER OF

I HAVE MADE ENQUIRIES INTO THE APPLICATIONS FOR BRITISH NATIONALITY MADE BY YOUR TWO EMPLOYEES, MR

AND MR

2. AS YOU MAY BE AWARE, APPLICATIONS FOR BRITISH CITIZENSHIP ARE ASSESSED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE BRITISH NATIONALITY CHONG KONG) (SELECTION SCHEME) ORDER 1990. APPLICANTS ACQUIRE POINTS ON THE BASIS OF THEIR AGE, EXPERIENCE, EDUCATION AND OTHER CRITERIA SET OUT IN THIS ORDER.

3. IT SEEMS CLEAR THAT THE TWO APPLICATIONS WERE PROPERLY CONSIDERED UNDER THE CRITERIA SET OUT IN THE LAW. I UNDERSTAND THAT THE OCCUPATIONAL GROUP UNDER WHICH MR AND MR WAS QUITE COMPETITIVE.

APPLIED

4. UNFORTUNATELY, THERE IS NO PROVISION IN THE LAWS APPROVED BY PARLIAMENT FOR DISCRETION TO BE EXERCISED ON ANY INDIVIDUAL APPLICATION. BUT THOSE WHO FAILED TO GAIN A PLACE ON THIS OCCASION CAN, OF COURSE, APPLY AGAIN IN THE SECOND PHASE OF THE SCHEME, WHICH IS TENTATIVELY SCHEDULED TO BEGIN IN 1994.

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