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Would be irresponsible not to provide such a guarantee when it is within HMG's power to do so.

There is provision in the legislation for consideration of late applications. The detail of arrangements has yet to be decided.

- Understand that a delegation from this Council's Nationality Sub-Committee will visit London in the week of 7 June to raise this and other nationality issues with Ministers. We look forward to hearing your views and will carefully consider with the Home Office what might be done to alleviate your concerns.

We will not be tabling the Order in Council before that visit.

Ethnic Minorities

- The Home Office are reconsidering this issue in the light of further representations received from your Nationality

Sub-Committee.

Understand that this will also be discussed when LegCo members

visit the Home Office.

Wives and widows of ex-servicemen

Following a further representation from the Hong Kong Government, Home Office are looking again at this issue.

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