TNAG-2936-FCO40-4211-Future-of-Hong-Kong-nationality-British-National-(Overseas)-1993 — Page 66

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FOLLOWING RECEIVED FROM DIRECTOR OF IMMIGRATION

YOUR TELNO 2101 OF 4 AUGUST 1987: BNCO) PASSPORT IN OCTOBER 1993, WE RECEIVED 151,191 BN(0) PASSPORT APPLICATIONS AS AGAINST 9,651 BDTC PASSPORT APPLICATIONS (I.E A 94 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL PASSPORT APPLICATIONS). AS FROM JULY 1987, THE CUMULATIVE TOTAL OF APPLICATIONS RECEIVED FOR BN (0) PASSPORT IS 912,203 AND FOR BOTC PASSPORT IS 1,037,316(I.E A 46.79 PERCENT OF THE TOTAL PASSPORT APPLICATIONS).

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