32. NO, BUT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT HAVE, AS A COURTESY, PEEN GIVEN
ADVANCE COPIES OF THE WHITE PAPER,
WHERE CAN MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC OBTAIN COPIES OF THE BRITISH
NATIONALITY ACT 1981 AND THE HONG, KONG ACT 13857
33. COPIES OF THE BRITISH NATIONALITY ACT 1931 ARE AVAILABLE FOR
SALE AT THE GOVERNMENT PUBLICATIONS CENTRE. TEXT OF THE HONG KONG
ACT 1985 WILL BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF 18 OCTOBER 1985.
PASSPORTS AND PERMANENT IDENTITY CARDS
IF THE FIRST BATCH OF BN(0) PASSPORTS ARE LIKELY TO PE ISSUED IN
TRADITIONAL BLUE, HARD-COVER FORMAT, WILL IT NOT CAUSE CONFUSION
TO IMMIGRATION AUTHORITIES WHEN THEY CHANGE TO THE BURGUNDY, SOFT
COMMON FORMAT LATER ON?
34. THE SITUATION AS REGARDS THE CHANGE IN FORMAT OF BN(0) PASSPORT
WILL BE NO DIFFERENT FROM THAT REGARDING THE CHANGE IN FORMAT OF
BC PASSPORT, OR OF ANY NATIONAL PASSPORT OF EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
COUNTRIES. AFTER THE INTRODUCTION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY
COMMON FORMAT PASSPORT, FOR A WHILE ALL EC COUNTRIES WILL HAVE AT
LEAST TWO TYPES OF PASSPORTS IN CIRCULATION (TRADITIONAL AND NEW
BURGUNDY, SOFT). THE ADVANTAGE OF BN(0) PASSPORT BEING ISSUED IN
THE EC COMMON FORMAT IS THAT IT WILL BE EASILY IDENTIFIABLE BY
THIRD COUNTRIES AS A PASSPORT ISSUED BY THE UK GOVERNMENT.
WILL BN(0) PASSPORTS HAVE RIGHT OF ABODE ENDORSEMENTS?
35. THE JOINT DECLARATION PROVIDES THAT RESIDENTS OF THE UK SAR MAY
USE TRAVEL DOCUMENTS ISSUED BY THE SARG, OR BY OTHER COMPETENT
AUTHORITIES OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA, OR OF OTHER STATES
AND THAT HOLDERS OF PERMANENT IDENTITY CARDS OF THE HK SAR MAY
HAVE THIS FACT STATED IN THEIR TRAVEL DOCUMENTS AS EVIDENCE OF
THEIR RIGHT OF ABODE IN HONG KONG. BN(0) PASSPORTS WILL BE
ENDORSED TO INDICATE THAT THE HOLDER POSSESSES A HONG KONG
PERMANENT IDENTITY AS EVIDENCE OF THE HOLDER'S RIGHT OF AZODE IN
HONG KONG. THE WORDING OF THIS ENDORSEMENT IS BEING DISCUSSED
WITH THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT.
HAVE PROPOSALS REGARDING THE ISSUE OF NEW PERMANENT IDENTITY CARDS STATING THE HOLDER'S RIGHT OF ABODE BEEN DISCUSSED WITH THE CHINESE
GOVERNMENT?
36. THEY ARE BEING DISCUSSED WITH THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT.
WHEN WILL THE UK GOVERNMENT START APPROACHING THIRD COUNTRIES
REGARDING THE ACCEPTABILITY OF BEN(0) PASSPORTS?
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