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c)
BN (O)
i s
hard
for
Agreement,
non-transmissible because,
although we pressed
transmissibility during the negotiations on the
the Chinese made clear that they were not
prepared to accept that any one born after June 1997 should
be able to acqui re British nationality by virtue of a
connection with Hong Kong;
d) BN(O) cannot guarantee
cannot guarantee right of abode in Hong Kong because
after 1997, HMG will not be in a position to confer right
of abode in Hong Kong. But Section XIV of Annex I to
Joint Declaration guarantees right of abode to Hong Kong
residents. Section 3(12) of the Joint Declaration itself
makes clear that the policies of the Chinese Government
stated in the Joint Declaration and Annex I will be
stipulated in a Basic Law of the Hong Kong SAR;
e)
Provisions we have made for two generations born in Hong
Kong after June 1997 comply with our obligation under UN
Convention on Reduction of Statelessness.
up to approximately middle of 21st Century.
consider that those in what will have been
This takes us
After that we
part of China
for 50 years who have not al ready tak en up Chinese
citizenship, should do so;
f) during
I aw
during second Joint Liaison Group meeting in Hong Kong we
raised this subject. Chinese said that non-Chinese who met the legal requirements under Chinese nationality
may apply for Chinese nationality and that such
would be dealt with by the appropriate authorities.
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