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布政司署 香港下亞連

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XXX YOUR REP :

Tel.No.

8103560

GOVERNMENT SECRETARIAT

LOWER ALBERT ROAD,

HONG KON

26 January 1993

Mr. Chris Kelly,

HKCD 340/2

Home Office,

REC

India Buildings,

2 8 JAN 1993

B4 Division,

Water Street,

Liverpool, England.

Dear Chris,

INC

Britishi"ationality Scheme

of

the Legislative Council Council member Legislative a

serial number of a British

that it

issued

At

a

Subcommittee оп

recent eting Nationality,

expressed

his

concern

I tried to

passport may give away the

Hong Kong.

of

is

the

fact

in to members that serial numbers passports issued by Hare not announced and that in any at least 14 in passports issued by HONT goes to living in Horo Hong. Nevertheless, members were

erial numbers

compromise that

might

case, expatriates

concerned

asked me to convey

the

They

confidentiality of the tity of BNS beneficiaries.

their concern to the HMG to see whether In making this lected the concern of the public as applications.

anything can be done ta dress the problem.

request,

about the confidentiality

2.

problem

they pro jably

I shall and

see

or

in

will look into the viable proposition to

Hateful

be itild

if

you

a

bat

Subcommittee

will meet

in

appreciate your advice bal

allocate serial mak

numbers passports to be issued by HONT at random

so as to make it impossible to

reference to by

them.

The I would on 11 February 1992. the meeting if possible.

trace the place of

Yours sincerely,

Clos

(K K Kwok)

or Secretary for Security