citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies, coming
from outside the Colony, into first class and second
(ie into United Kingdom belongers
class categories.
and others).
(2) While the Ordinance makes no provision for it, under
Treaty Her Majesty's Government may in practice be
obliged to accord to nationals of certain states
treatment equal to that accorded to United Kingdom
nationals. An example of such preferential treatment
is to be found in Article 1 of the Treaty of Friendship,
Commerce and Reciprocal Establishment of 1855, between
the United Kingdom and Switzerland. In the circumstances
of this Treaty a Swiss national could be in a more
privileged position in relation to his removal or
deportation from Hong Kong than would citizens of the
United Kingdom and Colonies, other than United
Kingdom belongers.
extremely rare.
Such cases would, however, be
ARGUMENTS IN FAVOUR OF ACCEPTING THE ORDINANCE AS IT STANDS
(1) The Governor has explained that the Unofficial
9.
and
Members of his Executive Council urged strongly that
citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies, who were
not United Kingdom belongers, had no legitimate claim
to any special consideration in this context;
therefore, though they were willing to see a special
protection given to United Kingdom belongers, they
saw no reason to extend this protection to the larger
class of citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies
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