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Your telno 1023: Parliamentary Question on Nationality

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We have no comment on your proposed reply.

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The question is clearly related to the Emily Lau motion debate (reported in our Telno 1761) rather than the recent Tian Qiyu statement (discussed in our Telno 1836).

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