TNAG-2938-FCO40-4213-British-Nationality-Hong-Kong-Act-(BNHKA)-1990-operation-of--1993 — Page 20

From: C J Kelly

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4 February 1993

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BRITISH NATIONALITY (HONG KONG) ACT 1990: GOVERNOR'S REPORT TO THE HOME SECRETARY

I attach a letter from the Governor of Hong Kong to the Home Secretary covering his second annual report on the operation of This submission the British Nationality (Hong Kong) Act 1990. recommends that, as with last year's report, a copy be placed in the Library of the House and that its receipt be announced by means of an arranged Parliamentary Question in both Houses.

Background

on

was

It

2. The requirement that the Governor submit an annual report of his functions under the discharge of

the 1990 Act

introduced during passage of the Bill through Parliament.

that, followed concern

accountable to Parliament,

Governor

was not

the as

directly

Parliament would not be able to oversee the implementation and effectiveness of the Scheme. annual report was seen as a means of keeping Parliament informed. This second report covers the period 7 November 1991

1992.

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6 November

3. The 1990 Act provides for 50,000 key workers in Hong Kong and their dependants to be given British citizenship without

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