TNAG-2939-FCO40-4215-Future-of-Hong-Kong-nationality-ethnic-minorities-1993 — Page 40

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MR WARDLE'S MEETINGS WITH HONG KONG LEGISLATIVE COUNCILLORS

Your notes of 25 November and 11 January to Mr Walmsley requested

briefing for two meetings which Mr Wardle will be having on 20

and 27 January with two groups of legislative councillors from

Hong Kong. Both groups wish to discuss "British citizenship for

Hong Kong British subjects, particularly ethnic minorities whose

descendants will become stateless after 1997". Mr Walmsley and

I shall be attending the first meeting and Mr Rawsthorne and I

the second meeting.

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HKD 34016

27 JAN 1993

Background

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· Take:

2. LegCo

intervals.

members

have aired these issues at

egular

The focus has sharpened recently following a debate

on ethnic minorities (copy attached at Annex A) which took place

in the Hong Kong Legislative Council (LegCo) on 18 November and

by the formation shortly before that of a sub-committee of the

House Committee under the chairmanship of Emily Lau to examine

this issue in detail. Briefing on the subject may be found at

The sub-committee is said to be considering all

possible options for assisting the ethnic minorities, including

approaches to other governments.

Annex B.