2.
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identity card stating the holder's right of abode in
Hong Kong will
will be issued to persons who have
have that
right under the Immigration Ordinance. Those who do
not have that right will be issued with a different
form of identity card which will not include a
statement that the holder has the right of abode in
Hong Kong.
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To ensure a smooth transition, Her Majesty's
Government and the Government of the People's
Republic of China have agreed that the new forms of
identity card issued by the Hong Kong Government will
continue to be used
used after 30 June 1997 until such
time as they are replaced by identity cards issued by
the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
contrast to the identity cards
currently in use which have a fixed period of
validity, the new cards to be issued from 1 July 1987
will not specify the dates on which they must be
Government.
renewed.
In
LO
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The issue of new forms of identity card will
replacement exercise to be
take the form of a
completed over a period of four-and-a-half years.
The Finance Committee of
this Council accepted the
financial implications in June
now before Members seeks to provide the
last year. The Bill
statutory