-5-
entitled to acquire BN (0)
status and the passport which goes with it but it is impossible to estimate how many will
apply.
CONCLUSION
12. The arrangements set out above, which have been agreed
with the Chinese Government, meet the expressed wish of the
people of Hong Kong to be able to retain British
nationality and the ability to travel freely after 1997, as
they do now.
* There may be a very small number of individuals who, by
virtue of the terms of Section XIV of Annex I to the Joint
Declaration, will lose the right of abode in Hong Kong
after 30 June 1997.
The provisions of the Joint
Declaration ensure, however, that this will only affect
individuals who have the right of
returnable) elsewhere.
a bode (and hence are