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8. ENGLISH LANGUAGE PRESS: SCMP, BOTH EDITORIALLY AND IN COLUMNISTS' WRITINGS, CRITICISED THE LACK OF CONSULTATION OVER THE NEW TITLE. THE PAPER ALSO ARGUED FOR THE INCLUSION OF AN ENDORSEMENT (INDICAT-
ING THE RIGHT TO LAND AND RESIDE IN HK) IN THE NEW PASSPORT. COLUMNIST HARVEY STOCKWIN SAID THAT THE NEW BNO STATUS SEEMED AT FIRST GLANCE TO BE LESS VALUABLE THAN THE THIRD CLASS BOC''. HE THEN LISTED SEVEN POTENTIAL DECEPTIONS CONCERNING THE NEW STATUS, FOCUSSING ON RIGHT OF ABODE IN HK, ACCEPTABILITY, AND POTENTIALSTATELESSNESS OF NON-CHINESE HK RESIDENTS AND THEIR DESCENDANTS. HE WROTE OF UNCERTAINTIES AND SELF-DECEPTION, AND STATED THAT THE BRITISH, CHINESE AND HK GOVERNMENTS SHOULD REALISE THAT A GREAT DEAL OF EXPLAINING AND MUCH PSYCHOLOGICAL REASSURANCE
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