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Sir,
Draft Speech by the Secretary for Security
at the Second Reading of the
Registration of Persons (Amendment) Bill 1987
in the Legislative Council on 8 April 1987
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that move
the
Registration
(Amendment) Bill 1987 be read a second time.
of Persons
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The main object of this Bill is to introduce
a permanent identity card stating the holder's right
As I have just explained
second reading
in
of the Immigration
of abode in Hong Kong.
moving the
(Amendment) (No. 2) Bill, the permanent identity card
to
is needed to enable a right of abode endorsement
be included in British National (Overseas) passports
and Certificates of Identity.
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At present,
under the Registration of
Persons Ordinance, a Hong Kong identity card is only
a
proof of identity.
Subject
this Bill, the new
enactment to the
identity card to
of
to be
be issued from
1 July 1987 will in
addition reflect the immigration
status of the holder, that is whether or not he has
the right of abode in Hong Kong. A permanent