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agree to this suggestion, the British
strongly
of the
side would urge
that consideration be given to a further amendment
paragraph to overcome these difficulties. The
British side have in mind the following alternative
formulation:
resided in
"Persons who are not of Chinese nationality but who
have entered Hong Kong with valid travel documents, or
who were born in Hong Kong, and have ordinarily
Hong Kong for a continuous period of no
less than seven years and have taken Hong Kong as
their place of permanent residence before or after the
establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative
Region."
6.
The British side would be happy to discuss this
proposal and other relevant issues further through
if the Chinese
side
consider this
diplomatic channels,
would be helpful.
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