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I can well understand the ethnic minorities' feelings,
which I share, and believe that all that can be done, should be done to help them. In summary, the followings are their points
of concern:
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BOC Transmissibility
BOC is not transmissible by
descent. There are no arrangements to prevent
statelessness for children of BOCS.
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BNO Right of Abode and BNO Consular Protection Ethnic minorities who are BDTCS will continue to have
a right of abode in Hong Kong after 1997 and are eligible to become BNOS, but will they enjoy British Consular protection within the Hong Kong SAR as they are not Chinese nationals?
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BOC Consular protection Assuming that a BOC has not acquired Chinese nationality, what consular protection, if any, is he entitled to in the Hong Kong SAR after
1997?
Nevertheless, it would appear that non-Chinese BNOS will have no real National status in Hong Kong, the only
territory in which he has a right of abode. Also, in the event that a non-Chinese BNO travelling on the BNO travel document has to face repatriation, the question is which country will he be repatriated to? It will certainly not be to the U.K. as he has no right of abode there. However, the British consul who will be helping the BNO will apparently not be able to repatriate him to Hong Kong either as the British consul will
have no jurisdiction over the Hong Kong SAR.
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I believed that Hong Kong has been well served by its minorities, many of whom have been here for more than one generation already, and most that I have talked to intend to stay for many more generations to come. For these people,