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REFERRRED TO SOLELY AS SEPARATE'.
(G)
ADOPTION, REGISTRATION AND NATURALISATION IN HONG KONG IS
TAKEN TO BE A 'CONNECTION' WITH HONG KONG IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
DRAFT ORDER IN COUNCIL.
(H) BEFORE 1983 BIRTH ALONE IN HONG KONG CONFERRED CUKC STATUS,
IRRESPECTIVE OR THE NATIONALITY OR IMMIGRATION STATUS OF THE
PARENTS. THEREFORE NO-ONE BORN IN HONG KONG BEFORE 1983 HAD TO
DEPEND ON A CONNECTION WITH ANY OTHER DEPENDENT TERRITORY OR WITH
THE UK TO DERIVE CUKC (AND CONSEQUENTLY BDTC) STATUS. ANYONE
BORN IN HONG KONG BEFORE 1983 WAS THEREFORE A SEPARATE' HONG
KONG BDTC.
BIRTH OUTSIDE THE UK AND COLONIES BEFORE 1983 CONFERRED
CUKC BY DESCENT ONLY IF THE CHILD'S FATHER WAS A CUKC OTHER THAN BY DESCENT (OR, IF BY DESCENT, IF ANY OF THE PROVISOS TO SECTION 5(1) OF THE BNA 1948 APPLIED). SINCE THE FATHER'S STATUS COULD
NOT BE DERIVED FROM A MIXED' LINK (EVEN CONSULAR BIRTH
REGISTRATION THROUGH A NUMBER OF GENERATIONS CAN EVENTUALLY BE TRACED BACK TO A SINGLE 'UNMIXED' LINK), NEITHER COULD THE
CHILD'S.
A CUKC BY DESCENT FROM A HONG KONG FATHER MUST
THEREFORE ALSO HAVE AN UNMIXED' LINK WITH HONG KONG.
HOWE
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