'THE HOLDER OF THIS PASSPORT HAS HONG KONG PERMANENT IDENTITY CARD NUMBER (XYZ) WHICH STATES THAT THE HOLDER HAS THE RIGHT OF ABODE IN HONG KONG.
4. BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS) PASSPORTS BEARING THIS ENDORSEMENT AND ISSUED BEFORE 1 JULY 1997 WILL REMAIN VALID UNTIL THEIR DUE EXPIRY DATES, WHICH IN MOST CASES WILL BE AFTER 30 JUNE 1997. BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS) PASSPORTS RENEWED OR REPLACED AFTER 30 JUNE 1997 WHOSE HOLDERS HAVE THE RIGHT OF ABODE IN HONG KONG WILL ALSO CONTAIN THE SAME ENDORSEMENT. THIS ENDORSEMENT WILL REMAIN AN APPROPRIATE REFERENCE TO THE PASSPORT HOLDER'S CURRENT PERMANENT IDENTITY CARD, SINCE IT IS THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE UNITED KINGDOM GOVERNMENT THAT THE REPLACEMENT OF A PERMANENT IDENTITY CARD ISSUED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION WILL BEAR THE SAME NUMBER AS THE IDENTITY CARD ISSUED IN HONG KONG PRIOR TO 1 JULY 1997 WHICH IT REPLACES. IT IS FURTHER THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE UNITED KINGDOM GOVERNMENT THAT ANY REFERENCE TO HONG KONG IN PERMANENT IDENTITY CARDS AND ENDORSEMENTS IN TRAVEL DOCUMENTS WILL, ON AND AFTER 1 JULY 1997, BE TAKEN TO MEAN THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.
5. THE UNITED KINGDOM GOVERNMENT UNDERSTANDS THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA WILL, WHEN NECESSARY, STATE TO THE GOVERNMENTS OF THIRD COUNTRIES THAT HOLDERS OF TRAVEL DOCUMENTS CARRYING THE ENDORSEMENT REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 3 ABOVE WILL BE ABLE TO RETURN TO THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION AFTER 30 JUNE 1997.
EMBASSY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA
BEIJING, 11 APRIL 1986.
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