CONFIDENTIAL #2
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Unless
either of these courses is taken, such
persons, by virtue of their birth in Hong Kong, cannot
be covered by para. 2(4) because they have not entered
Hong Kong with valid travel documents. Neither will
they be covered by para. 2(5) if their parents were
also born in Hong Kong. The Chinese proposed revision
to para. 2(4) would therefore tend to discriminate
against
persons not of Chinese nationality whose
families have been settled in Hong Kong for many years,
relative newcomers would be eligible to acquire
whereas
right of abode after seven years of residence.
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