13. PROVISION ALSO MADE FOR ACQUISITION OF BOC STATUS BY CHILDREN AND GRAND-CHILDREN BORN AFTER JUNE 1997 TO FORMER BOTCS IF SUCH CHILDREN ARE OTHERWISE STATELESS. ONDER WILL THUS MAKE PROVISION FOR ACQUISITION OF A FORM OF BRITISH NATIONALITY UNTIL MIDDLE OF
NEXT CENTURY.
WHAT ABOUT BDTCS WHO DO NOT BECOME SNCO)S AND DO HAVE ANOTHER
NATIONALITY?
14. WILL CEASE TO HAVE ANY FORM OF BRITISH NATIONALITY. WILL CONTINUE TO HOLD WHATEVER OTHER NATIONALITY THEY ALREADY HAVE.
WHAT ABOUT THEIR CHILDREN?
15. WILL BE GOVERNED BY THEIR PARENTS NATIONALITY LAWS. WILL NOT BE COVERED BY THE STATELESSNESS PROVISIONS. NOT INTENDED TO PROVIDE BRITISH NATIONALITY TO CHILDREN OF PERSONS WHO THEMSELVES NO LONGER HAVE BRITISH NATIONALITY. PRINCIPLE IS THAT BRITISH NATIONALITY CANNOT BE ACQUIRED AFTER JUNE 1997 BY VIRTUE OF CONNECTION WITH HONG KONG. TO GRANT BRITISH NATIONALITY TO CHILDREN BORN IN HONG KONG WHOSE PARENTS HAVE NO BRITISH NATIONALITY AT ALL CONTRAVENES
THAT PRINCIPLE.
WHAT IS THE POSITION OF NON-BDTCS IN HONG KONG?
16. NOT AFFECTED IN ANY WAY BY THE ORDER IN COUNCIL.
WHAT WILL BE THE POSITION OF NON-CHINESE BDTCS?
17. WILL BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR 3N(0) IN THE SAME WAY AS ANY OTHER HONG KONG BDTC. THEY THEMSELVES, THEIR CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN WILL BENEFIT FROM PROVISIONS TO GUARD AGAINST STATELESSNESS IF THEY HAVE NO OTHER NATIONALITY.
WHY NOT GIVE BN(0)S RIGHT OF ABODE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM?
18. SINCE 1983 RIGHT OF ABODE IN THE UK GOES WITH BRITISH CITIZENSHIP. BDTCS DO NOT HAVE RIGHT OF ABODE IN THE UK „. GOVERNMENT DO NOT CONSIDER IT APPROPRIATE TO GIVE RIGHT OF ABODE TO ANY GROUP OF PERSONS IN HONG KONG WHO DO NOT HAVE IT AT PRESENT.
WHAT ABOUT RIGHT OF ABODE IN HONG KONG?
19. AGREEMENT SAFEGUARDS RIGHTS OF ABODE IN HONG KONG AFTER 1997. ESSENTIALLY, IT STATES THAT ALL CHINESE NATIONALS BORN IN OR WHO HAVE ORDINARILY RESIDED IN HK FOR 7 YEARS AND THEIR CHILDREN BORN OUTSIDE HONG KONG, ANYONE WHO HAS RESIDED IN HONG KONG FOR 7 YEARS AND IS PERMANENTLY RESIDENT THERE WILL HAVE RIGHT OF ABODE IN THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION (SAR), TOGETHER WITH ANY OF THEIR CHILDREN UNDER 21. SO TOO WILL ANYONE WHO HAD RIGHT OF ABODE ONLY IN HONG KONG BEFORE 1 JULY 1997. AGREEMENT THEREFORE ENSURES THAT NO-ONE IS LEFT WITHOUT A NATIONALITY AND A PLACE TO
CALL THEIR HOME.
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CONFIDENMAL
I WILL