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PASSPORTS RECORDING THAT STATUS, AND TO RETAIN IT FOR LIFE. BN(0) STATUS MAY NOT BE ACQUIRED AFTER 30 JUNE 1997, NOR
TRANSMITTED TO ANY FUTURE GENERATIONS. AND, LIKE BDTC STATUS, IT
WILL NOT CARRY WITH IT THE RIGHT OF ABODE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.
THE DRAFT ORDER ALSO MAKES PROVISIONS TO GUARD AGAINST
STATELESSNESS.
8.
THE ARRANGEMENTS WILL APPLY ONLY TO PEOPLE WHO ARE BDTCS
BECAUSE OF THEIR CONNECTION WITH HONG KONG. ALL BUT ABOUT 50,000
OF THE ROUGHLY THREE AND A QUARTER MILLION BDTCS IN HONG KONG ARE
BDTCS BY BIRTH, NATURALISATION OR REGISTRATION THERE. BUT THERE
ARE A LARGE NUMBER OF POSSIBLE WAYS IN WHICH THE REMAINDER MAY
HAVE ACQUIRED THEIR CITIZENSHIP STATUS THROUGH A CONNECTION WITH
HONG KONG. TO HELP THOSE WHO MIGHT BE AFFECTED ANNEX 2 OF THE
WHITE PAPER LISTS THE POSSIBILITIES. IT IS NOT INTENDED TO FORM
PART OF THE DRAFT ORDER. ENDS.
HOWE
HONG KONG AGREEMENT: NATIONALITY
LIMITED
HD/HKD
HD/FED
HD/NTD
RESEARCH D (MR WALKER)
DEP HD/PUSD
PS
PS/MR RENTON PS/LADY YOUNG PS/PUS
SIR W HARDING MR WILSON
COPIES TO:
HR ROBERTS, NEWS DEPT
LIR FIFOOT, LEGAL ADVISERS
ER GRAINGER, LEGAL ADVISERS
MR MILLER, MVD
MR HYDE, HOME OFFICE
MR EMERY, B4 DIV, HOME OFFICE, CROYDON
MF NICHOLSON, PASSPORT DEPT, HOME OFFIC
ROOM 236, CLIVE HOUSE.
MR WOOD LEGAL ADVISERS
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