TNAG-2938-FCO40-4213-British-Nationality-Hong-Kong-Act-(BNHKA)-1990-operation-of--1993 — Page 38

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LNMDAN 9614 CONFIDENTIAL

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HMLNAN 9321

FM HOK TO FCOLN

04050OZ FEB

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CONFIDENTIAL

FM HONG KONG

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELNO 167

OF 04050OZ FEBRUARY 93

INFO IMMEDIATE BTC HONG KONG

PERSONAL FOR RICKETTS HKD.

92 THICA 340/2 103

FROM PS/GH.

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Ms Parnes- Jones

YOUR TELNO 1773: BRITISH NATIONALITY (HONG KONG) ACT 1990: BONAS MACHINE COMPANY.

1. WE ARE HAPPY FOR YOU TO USE THE LINE YOU PROPOSE IN PARA 2. APOLOGIES FOR NOT REPLYING EARLIER.

2.

WE DO NOT KNOW OF ANY CASES WHERE UNSUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS HAVE MOVED TO COMPETITIVE COUNTRIES' COMPANIES. NEITHER DOES BTC.

3.

YOU MAY WISH TO KNOW THAT JOHN MCWILLIAM, MP, WROTE TO THE GOVERNOR ON 14 JANUARY ON BEHALF OF THE DIRECTOR OF BONAS MACHINE COMPANY LIMITED CLAIMING THAT 'GREAT DIFFICULTIES CONTINUE TO ARISE THROUGH THE LOSS OF EXPERIENCED PERSONNEL'. THE FACT IS THAT

(DETAILS IN OUR TELNO 2712) ONLY HAVE LIMITED EXPERIENCE WITH THE COMPANY (FIVE YEARS AND SEVEN MONTHS AND LESS THAN ONE YEAR RESPECTIVELY AT THE TIME OF APPLICATION). EVEN IF THEY WERE TO CHANGE TO OTHER COUNTRIES' COMPANIES, WHICH IS COMMON IN THE JOB-HOPPING ENVIRONMENT OF HONG KONG, IT IS UNLIKELY THAT THEY WOULD BE GIVEN NATIONALITY BY THAT COUNTRY DUE TO THEIR LACK OF EXPERIENCE. SUCH A MOVE WOULD BE, IN ANY CASE, MORE INSPIRED BY AN OFFER OF HIGHER PAY THAN THE HOPE OF GAINING NATIONALITY. WE WILL SEND YOU A COPY OF OUR REPLY SEPARATELY.

PATTEN

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40(2), 27(1) 346/2

1993

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