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MDLIAN 2181
DISCOURAGE PEOPLE FROM KEEPING QUIET ABOUT THEIR NEW NATIONALITY. THIS WOULD SUGGEST THE CHINESE NOW REALISE THAT, UNLESS THEY CAN PERSUADE BENEFICIARIES OF THE PACKAGE TO IDENTIFY THEMSELVES, PERHAPS THROUGH A SYSTEM OF RENUNCIATION LINKED TO FULL RECOGNITION OF THEIR STATUS, THEY WILL NOT KNOW FOR CERTAIN WHO HAS THE RIGHT OF ABODE OUTSIDE THE SAR. WITHOUT SUCH KNOWLEDGE THEY CANNOT SATISFY THEIR CONCERNS OVER ALLEGIANCE'' OR IMPLEMENT EFFECTIVELY THE RIGHT OF ABODE RESTRICTIONS IN THE BASIC LAW. WHILE WE SHOULD OBVIOUSLY BEWARE READING TOO MUCH INTO THIS ARTICLE, IT IS AT LEAST A SIGN THAT THE CHINESE MAY BE CONSIDERING ADOPTING A MORE FLEXIBLE AND PRAGMATIC APPROACH THAN HITHERTO.
4. THE ARTICLE, TOGETHER WITH ITS ENGLISH TRANSLATION, ARE BEING FAXED TO YOU.
WILSON
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ΜΑΙΝ
67
.HK AGREEMENT NATIONALITY
LIMITED
HKD
HD/FED
HD /NTD
HD/CONSULAR D
NEWS D
PUSD
ADDITIONAL
11
HK AGREEMENT NATIONALITY
NNNN
DISTRIBUTION
78
PS
PS/MR MAUDE
PS/LORD BRABAZON
PS/PUS
MR GILLMORE
MR MCLAREN
MR BLATHERWICK
MISS SPENCER
2
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