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When you called at
write to
y ou
about the
the FCO last week I promised to
nationality
implications
of
the
Hong Kong Agreement.
As
you know
the Hong Kong Act
for the ending of British sovereignty
over
on
1 July
in 1997
1985 made provision
and jurisdiction
accordance with
the
Hong Kong
terms of the Joint Declaration on the Question of Hong
reached
Kong
People's Republic of China.
between HMG and the Government of the
Under the terms of the Joint
become
a Special
Declaration, Hong Kong will
Administrative Region (SAR) of the
China on 1 July 1997.
People's Republic of
Paragraph 2 of the Schedule to the
Hong Kong Act conferred power to give effect by Order in
Council to the
nationality provisions
of the United
Kingdom Memorandum on
nationality
associated
wi th
the
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Joint Declaration.