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in a convenient and logical format all the ways in which a person may have become connected with Hong Kong. It encompasses allthe Hong Kong British Dependent Territories citizens listed in Annex 2 to the White Paper, although as the White Paper explains, virtually all such people in Hong Kong are citizens by birth, registration or naturalisation there. It is possible, however, that a citizen may be able to trace this connection through a number of the circumstances set out in Article 2 and in the more detailed Annex 2. While the categories in Article 2 are satisfactory for legislative purpose the greater detail given in Annex 2 is intended to help people find out whether they do come within the Order by matching their particular circumstances with those in the list.
Article 2 and Article 3 are designed to be read together.
Article 2
defines connection with Hong Kong for the purpose of the
Order; Article 3 provides that anyone who is a British Dependent Territories citizen by virtue of such a connection
shall cease to be such a citizen on 1 July 1997.
Article 4 sets out the way in which the new status of British
National (Overseas) may be acquired by those who will cease to be British Dependent Territories citizen in 1997. The terms of the UK Memorandum associated with the Joint Declaration provides that this status will be acquired by such persons only if they hold or are included in a passport showing the new status issued before 1 July 1997 or before the end of 1997 in the case of persons born in the first six months of that year. Under the terms of the agreement therefore it will not be transmitted to descendants born after 30 June 1997.
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