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YOUR TELNO 36: MP'S LETTER: PASSPORTS FOR RN PERSONNEL.

1 I PROPOSE A DRAFT REPLY AS FOLLOWS:

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''THE BRITISH NATIONALITY (HONG KONG) ACT 1990 ENABLES UP TO 50,000 HEADS OF HOUSEHOLDS AND THEIR DEPENDENTS TO BE REGISTERED AS BRITISH CITIZENS.

THESE 50,000 PLACES ARE NOW BEING ALLOCATED TO SUCCESSFUL APPLICANTS. LOCAL SERVING MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL NAVY ARE ABLE TO APPLY UNDER THE SCHEME, AND THERE IS A SPECIFIC ALLOCATION OF PLACES FOR THEM. HOWEVER, BECAUSE OF THE CONSTRAINT ON NUMBERS AND THE NEED TO PROVIDE FOR ALL SECTORS OF THE HONG KONG COMMUNITY, THE SCHEME IS COMPETITIVE. POINTS ARE AWARDED ATTRIBUTES SUCH AS AGE, EXPERIENCE, QUALIFICATIONS, AND ONLY THOSE APPLICANTS WHO SCORE SUFFICIENT POINTS WILL BE RECOMMENDED FOR REGISTRATION AS BRITISH CITIZENS.''

2. FOR YOUR INFORMATION, SOME 124 MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL NAVY HAVE APPLIED UNDER THE SCHEME, COMPETING FOR A TOTAL OF 43 PLACES IN THE FIRST TRANCHE. 21 HAVE SO FAR BEEN REGISTERED AS BRITISH CITIZENS: THE REMAINING 22 PLACES SHOULD BE FILLED IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF MONTHS.

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