6. LEFWWING PRESS: THE MAJOR LEFTWING PAPERS DID NOT COMMENT EDITORIALLY. TIN TIN DAILY NEWS ARGUED THAT DIFFICULTIES MIGHT ARISE SINCE HOLDERS OF THE NEW PASSPORT HAD NO RIGHT TO SETTLE IN BRITAIN. IF DEPORTED FROM OR FORCED TO LEAVE A THIRD COUNTRY, THEY MIGHT HAVE NOWHERE TO GO, SINCE HK WAS NOT THEIR HOME COUNTRY''. THE PAPER ALSO SAID THAT THE NON-TRANSMISSABILITY OF THE NEW STATUS WOULD LEAD TO THE CHILDREN OF BN (0)'S LIVING OVERSEAS BECOMING STATELESS. THE PAPER SAID THAT IT WAS ADVISABLE FOR HK PEOPLE TO MAKE AN EARLY DECISION ON **DECLARING RIGHTEOUSLY' THEIR CHINESE STATUS, OR RETAINING BRITISH STATUS WHICH MIGHT AFFECT THE NEXT GENERATION. TIN FUNG YAT PO SAID PEOPLE WORRIED UNNECESSARILY OVER THE QUESTION OF STATELESSNESS: AND A COLUMNIST IN NEW EVENING POST AGREED SAYING THAT IN ANY CASE HK CI HOLDERS WERE EFFECTIVELY STATELESS ALREADY.
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