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control points in third countries plenty of time to
The intention is of
get used to the new passport.
course that by the time the BN (0) passport becomes available in 1987, third countries will have accepted it as a valid travel document. If this objective is attained, and I am sure it will, then it will be right for the Government as a whole to encourage BDTCS to move over to the new BN (O) passport.
Also on passports, Mr. HO Kam-fai, Mr. HUI Yin-fat and Mr. Desmond Lee enquired whether it would be possible for a resident of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to hold concurrently a BN (0) passport and a SAR passport. In our view paragraph 3 of Section XIV of Annex I to the Joint Declaration
clearly provides for residents of the Speulal Administrative Region to hold concurrently a SAR and a BN (O) passport. There can be no other
interpretation.
Mr. John Swaine, Mr. Allen Lee, Mr. Stephen Cheong, Mr. Desmond Lee, and Mr. Thomas Clydesdale asked for sympathetic consideration to be given to
the request from BDTCs who are not of Chinese origin
for grant of British citizenship or right of abode in
.9.