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HONG KONG AGREEMENT:
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NATIONALITY ORDER IN COUNCIL
FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF DRAFT HOME OFFICE PRESS NOTICE.
BEGINS.
FOLLOWING TWO WORDS UNDERLINED. PRESS NOTICE
HONG KONG: THE NATIONALITY PROVISIONS OF THE HONG KONG ACT 1985
FOLLOWING FIVE WORDS UNDERLINED. A DRAFT ORDER IN COUNCIL
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THE GOVERNMENT TODAY PUBLISHED A WHITE PAPER (CMND
INTRODUCING A DRAFT ORDER IN COUNCIL TO IMPLEMENT THE NATIONALITY
PROVISIONS OF THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT DECLARATION ON THE QUESTION OF HONG KONG, AS OUTLINED IN THE HONG KONG ACT 1985. THE WHITE
PAPER IS BEING PUBLISHED SIMULTANEOUSLY IN HONG KONG.·
2.
THE WHITE PAPER EXPLAINS THE BACKGROUND TO THE
NATIONALITY PROVISIONS AND PROVIDES A COMMENTARY ON THE VARIOUS
PROVISIONS OF THE DRAFT ORDER IN COUNCIL. THE TEXT OF THE
DRAFT ORDER ITSELF WHICH WILL BE DEBATED IN PARLIAMENT IS AT
ANNEX I. ANNEX 2 LISTS THE WAYS IN WHICH PEOPLE MAY BE CONNECTED
WITH HONG KONG AND SO COME WITHIN THE TERMS OF THE ORDER.
3.
THE WHITE PAPER IS IN FULFILMENT OF A GOVERNMENT
UNDERTAKING GIVEN WHEN THE HONG KONG ACT WAS GOING THROUGH
PARLIAMENT. THE GOVERNMENT AGREED TO PUBLISH THE DETAILED
NATIONALITY ARRANGEMENTS, WHICH ARE A CONSEQUENCE OF THE TERMS OF
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