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Hongkongers should learn from how Britain treated the Gurkhas
Tim I Gurung
Captain Lachiman Gurung, a Gurkha who received the Victoria Cross, the British army’s highest honour, marks Veterans Day in London. Photo: AFP
Britain's recently adopted policy to grant Hongkongers with British National (Overseas) passports a pathway to citizenship in the UK seems to be a pretty generous offer. Indeed, many Hongkongers have already taken advantage of it.
But there's also something puzzling about this policy: it is the most interest the British have shown in Hong Kong's internal affairs since they handed the city back to Chinese sovereignty in 1997.