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LU PING WAS REPORTED AS HAVING 5. ON NATIONALITY OF CIVIL SERVANTS, RESPONDED TO PRESS QUESTIONS ON THE CONFLICT BETWEEN ART. 12 OF THE CNL (THIS ARTICLE PROVIDES THAT STATE FUNCTIONARIES CANNOT RENOUNCE THEIR CHINESE NATIONALITY) AND ART. 100 OF THE BL THAT THE ISSUE WOULD BE SUBMITTED TO THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF THE NPC FOR CONSIDERATION. LU WAS REPORTED TO HAVE FURTHER SAID THAT THE HKSAR SHOULD BE TREATED DIFFERENTLY FROM THE MAINLAND PROVINCES ON THIS ISSUE.
6. THE HKEJ QUOTED CHRIS OSBORNE AS HAVING COMMENTED THAT HIS ASSESSMENT WAS THAT CHINA WOULD ULTIMATELY AGREE TO TREAT THOSE COVERED BY THE UK NATIONALITY SCHEME AS BRITISH CITIZENS.
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