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26 MAR 1990
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MDLIAN 5734
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INFO ROUTINE HKGO LONDON, PEKING, UKREP
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INFO ROUTINE HKGO WASHINGTON, HKGO NEW YORK, HKGO SAN FRANCISCO
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INFO ROUTINE HKGO BRUSSELS, HKGO GENEVA, UKMIS GENEVA (top all these
HONG KONG AGREEMENT: PRESS COVERAGE: WEEKLY ROUNDUP.
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NEW DURING THE WEEK WAS DOMINATED BY THE BUDGET FOR 1990/91. NEWS RELATING TO THE NATIONALITY PACKAGE AND THE DRAFT BILL OF RIGHTS DREW GOOD COVERAGE.
NATIONALITY
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VICE-DIRECTOR OF THE HONG KONG AND MACAU AFFAIRS, LU PING, MADE REMARKS ON THE NATIONALITY ISSUE ON SEVERAL OCCASIONS DURING HIS VISIT TO MACAU. LU SAID THAT HONG KONG PEOPLE WHO WERE HOLDING FOREIGN PASSPORTS WOULD LOSE THEIR CHINESE NATIONALITY AUTOMATICALLY, WOULD BE REGARDED AS FOREIGN NATIONALS AND WOULD BE ENTITLED TO CONSULAR PROTECTION. HOWEVER, HE STRESSED THAT THESE PEOPLE MUST HAVE OBTAINED THEIR PASSPORTS AFTER A LONG PERIOD OF RESIDENCY IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES OR THROUGH REUNION WITH FAMILIES ABROAD.
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HOWEVER, HONG KONG PEOPLE WHO WERE GRANTED ONLY THE RIGHT OF ABODE IN FOREIGN COUNTRIES WOULD NOT BE ENTITLED TO CONSULAR PROTECTION BECAUSE THEY HAD NOT APPLIED AND HAD NOT BEEN PERMITTED TO RENOUNCE THEIR CHINESE NATIONALITY. WHETHER THE RIGHT OF ABODE TO BE GRANTED BY FOREIGN COUNTRIES WOULD BE RECOGNISED BY CHINA WOULD BE SUBJECT TO INTERPRETATION UNDER CHINESE NATIONALITY LAWS. LU SAID THAT THOSE HONG KONG PEOPLE WHO ACQUIRED BRITISH CITIZENSHIP AFTER STAYING IN THE COUNTRY FOR A PERTAIN PERIOD AS PRESCRIBED BY THE NATIONALITY ACT WOULD BE CONSIDERED BY CHINA AS BRITISH CITIZENS, ATV AND A FEW PAPERS (9.3) REPORTED.
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HE STRESSED THAT THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT WOULD ADDRESS PASSPORT QUESTIONS OF HONG KONG AND MACAU PEOPLE SEPARATELY BECAUSE THE QUESTION OF PASSPORTS FOR MACAU CHINESE HAD ALREADY BEEN RESOLVED
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