TNAG-2638-FCO40-3830-Future-of-Hong-Kong-nationality-ethnic-minorities-1992 — Page 64

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2. WITH APOLOGIES IF YOU HAVE ALREADY THOUGHT OF THIS, IT OCCURS TO US THAT AS (III) (C) POINTS OUT THAT MEMBERS OF THE ETHNC MINORITIES CAN APPLY FOR BRITISH CITIZENSHIP UNDER THE BNS, YOU MAY WISH TO GIVE CONSIDERATION TO A DEFENSIVE LINE ABOUT THE NUMBERS OF THESE PEOPLE WHO HAVE APPLIED UNDER THE FIRST TRANCHE AND THE NUMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL SO FAR.

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