CONFIDENTIAL
CONFIDENTIAL
FM HONG KONG
TO IMMEDIATE FCO
TELNO 681
OF 22122OZ FEBRUARY 90
HKC072/3
RECEIVED IN
STĹ
12 MAR 1990
SK OFFICE!
GISTRY
Action Taken
INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING, UKREP JLG HONGKONG
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171545
MDHIAN 8119
MIPT: BASIC LAW: FURTHER ACTION:
ARTICLE 24(4)
SPEAKING NOTE: AMENDMENT TO PARA. 2(4) OF ARTICLE 24 OF THE BL.
BEGINS.
THE CHINESE SIDE WILL RECALL THAT DURING THE EXCHANGES BETWEEN AMBASSADOR KE ZAISHUO AND MR. GALSWORTHY ON 11 JANUARY AND BETWEEN MR. SHAO TIANREN AND MR. FIFOOT ON 19 JANUARY, THE BRITISH SIDE DREW ATTENTION TO THE INCONSISTENCY BETWEEN THE REDRAFT OF PARAGRAPH 2(4) OF ARTICLE 24, PROPOSED BY THE BLDC SPECIAL GROUP ON RIGHTS AND OBLIGATIONS AT ITS MEETING IN DECEMBER, AND THE TERMS OF SUB-PARAGRAPH 2 OF PARAGRAPH 1 OF SECTION XIV OF ANNEX I TO THE DECLARATION. THIS PROVIDES, AMONGST OTHER THINGS, FOR THE RIGHT OF ABODE IN THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION TO BE GIVEN
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''ALL OTHER PERSONS WHO HAVE ORDINARILY RESIDED IN HONG KONG BEFORE OR AFTER THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION FOR A CONTINUOUS PERIOD OF 7 YEARS OR MORE AND WHO HAVE TAKEN HONG KONG AS THEIR PLACE OF PERMANENT RESIDENCE BEFORE OR AFTER THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION,
HOWEVER, THE REDRAFTED VERSION OF PARAGRAPH 2(4) OF ARTICLE 24 QUALIFIES FURTHER THE RIGHT OF PERSONS WHO ARE NOT OF CHINESE NATIONALITY TO ACQUIRE RIGHTS OF ABODE BY INCLUDING THE PROVISION THAT THEY MUST
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HAVE ENTERED HONG KONG WITH VALID TRAVEL DOCUMENTS
2.
THE BRITISH SIDE ARE CONCERNED TO NOTE THAT THE REVISED VERSION OF PARAGRAPH 2(4) OF ARTICLE 24 HAS NOW BEEN APPROVED BY THE NINTH PLENARY MEETING OF THE BASIC LAW DRAFTING COMMITTEE. AS THE CHINESE SIDE ARE AWARE THE BRITISH SIDE PLACE GREAT IMPORTANCE AS A MATTER
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