(111) OUR UNDERSTANDING IS THAT THE DEBATE UNDER THE AFFIRMATIVE RESOLUTION PROCEDURE IS SUBJECT TO A MAXIMUM OF ONE AND A HALF HOURS. IF THIS IS CORRECT, WE RECOMMEND THAT THE FOOTNOTE ON THE
! ... USUALLY AFFIRMATIVE RESOLUTION PROCEDURE BE AMENDED TO READ FOLLOWING A DEBATE OF A MAXIMUM OF ONE AND A HALF HOURS,...'.
(E) PARA. 4
(1) WE RECOMMEND THAT THE REFERENCE TO THE COMMAND NUMBER OF THE JOINT DECLARATION DE DELETED IN THE HONG KONG VERSION, AS THIS WOULD HAVE LITTLE MEANING TO THE GENERAL PUBLIC HERE:
(11) SORRY IF WE DID NOT EXPLAIN OURSELVES SUFFICIENTLY CLEARLY IN PARA. 2(1) OF OUR TELNO 1694 IN SUGGESTING THAT A REFERENCE TO THE SECOND SENTENCE OF SUB-PARA. (B) OF THE UK MEMORANDUM BE INSERTED AT THE END OF THE PENULTIMATE SENTENCE. WHAT WE HAD IN MIND WAS NOT IDENTIFYING THAT PARTICULAR SUB-PARA. OF THE UK MEMORANDUM, BUT TO INSERT A REFERENCE TO THE PROVISION THAT NO PERSON BORN ON OR AFTER 1 JULY 1397 WILL ACQUIRE THE STATUS REFERRED TO AS BEING APPROPRIATE ABOVE. WE RECOMMEND THAT THIS BE INCLUDED AT THEEND OF THE FOURTH SENTENCE TO MAKE IT QUITE CLEAR THAT THE BN(0) STATUS CANNOT BE ACQUIRED BY PERSONS BORN ON OR AFTER 1 JULY 1997. ALSO WE RECOMMEND THAT THE FOURTH AND NEW FIFTH SENTENCES BE BROUGHT FORWARD TO THE FOLLOW THE SECOND SENTENCE, SO THAT THE EXISTING THIRD SENTENCE WOULD COME AFTER THE EXISTING FOURTH AND NEW FIFTH SENTENCES, TO ACCORD WITH THE SEQUENCE IN THE UK MEMORANDUM,
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1) WE RECOMMEND THAT THE WORDS WITH EFFECT BE INSERTED BEFORE 'FROM 1 JULY 1997' IN THE LAST SENTENCE.
(C) PARA. 5. THIS PARAGRAPH SEEMS TO US TO REPEAT MUCH OF WHAT IS ALREADY SAID IN PARA. 4. WE RECOMMEND THAT THE WORD 'NATIONALITY' IN THE FIRST SENTENCE BE DELETED, SINCE THIS WORD WAS DELIBERATELY NOT USED IN THE UK MEMORANDUM. WE ALSO RECOMMEND THAT THE FIRST SENTENCE BE AMENDED TO READ IT FOLLOWS FROM THE TERMS OF THE UNITED KINGDOM MEMORANDUM THAT THE NEW STATUS WILL NOT BE TRANSMISSIBLE TO ANY SUBSEQUENT GENERATIONS AND THAT ONLY THOSE WHO ARE ALREADY 3DTCS BY VIRTUE OF A CONNECTION WITH HONG KONG ON 30 JUNE 1997 MAY ACQUIRE IT', AND THAT THE REST OF THE PARAGRAPH, WHICH IS REPETITIVE, BE DELETED.
(D) PARA. 6. WE RECOMMEND THAT THE SECOND SENTENCE BE AMENDED TO BEGIN WITH 'THE ACT', INSTEAD OF 'IT).
(E) PARA 7
BE INSERTED (1) WE RECOMMEND THAT THE PHRASE 'IF THEY SO WISH', AFTER THE WORDS '... TO APPLY FOR THAT STATUS IN THE FIRST SENTENCE. THIS WILL ACCORD WITH OUR INTENTION (ADVISED TO EXCO IN PARAS. 10 AND 11 OF MEMORANDUM XCC(35)54 DISCUSSED ON 21 MAY
THE 1985) OF PUBLICISING IN THE PASSPORT APPLICATION FORM, ACCOMPANYING EXPLANATORY LEAFLET ETC. THE OPTION OPEN TO HK BDTCS (NEXT WORD UNDERLINED) NOT TO APPLY FOR BN (0) PASSPORTS IF THEY
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