TNAG-2936-FCO40-4211-Future-of-Hong-Kong-nationality-British-National-(Overseas)-1993 — Page 64

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Hong Kong Immigration Department (HKID) have now agreed that statistics now need only be provided by posts that have large resident Hong Kong communities. They have identified the following posts from whom they still wish to receive montNly statistics,

Amsterdam, Bangkok, Brussels, Canberra, Copenhagen, Dublin, Dusseldorf, Geneva, Helsinki, Jakarta, Johannesburg, Kingston, Kuala Lumpur, Manila, Ottawa, Paris, Peking, Rio de Janeiro, Rome, Singapore, Stockholm, Tokyo, Vienna, Washington, Wellington.

Grateful if those posts mentioned above could inform NTCD of any problems that the increased workload caused by the programme has on other passport issuing. Any problems in providing the statistics should also be referred

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Other posts not listed above need not in future send statistics but we and HKID would appreciate prompt notIFICATION if there is a drastic upsurge in applications received.

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