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(1) WE RECOMMEND THAT THE WORDS 'FALL TO BE CONSIDERED WITHIN BE REPLACED BY 'SHOULD BE READ WITH, WHICH IS MORE NATURAL
AND THE HONG KONG ACT 1985 SHOULD BE QUOTED IN FULL AT THE END
OF THE SENTENCE:
(11) IT SEEMS TO US THAT PARTS OF PARAS. 9 AND 10 ARE REPETITIVE.
WE THEREFORE RECOMMEND THAT PARA. 9 SHOULD CONTAIN THE FIRST
SENTENCE ONLY, AND THAT PARA. 10 BE REVISED TO READ
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? ARTICLE 2(1) IDENTIFIES BDTCS WHO ARE SUCH BY VIRTUE OF A
CONNECTION WITH HONG KONG AND WHO, UNLESS THEY ARE ALSO BDTCS BY VIRTUE OF A SEPARATE CONNECTION WITH ANOTHER DEPENDENT TERRITORY, WILL THEREFORE LOSE THEIR BDTC STATUS ON 1 JULY 1997, AND BE ENTITLED TO ACQUIRE BN (0) STATUS (SEE ALSO PARAGRAPH 19 BELOW). IT ENCOMPASSES ALL THE HONG KONG 3DTCS LISTED IN ANNEX 2, ALTHOUGH
IN FACT THE GREAT MAJORITY (ABOUT 3.18 MILLION) OF THE ROUGHLY
3.2 MILLION BDTCS IN HONG KONG ARE BDTCS BY BIRTH, AND ABOUT 53,000 ARE BDTCS BY REGISTRATION OR NATURALISATION. THE VARIOUS CATEGORIES COVERED BY ARTICLE 2(1)(A) TO ARTICLE 2(1)(F) ARE DEALT WITH, IN PARAGRAPHS 11 TO 17 BELOW'.
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HONG KONG AGREEMENT: NATIONALITY.
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