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YOUR TELNO 1097: PQ ON BRITISH OVERSEAS CITIZENS IN HONG KONG
WE ARE NOT SURE WHETHER THE QUESTION REFERS TO EXISTING BOCS OR THE OFFSPRING OF ETHNIC MINORITIES WHO WILL ACQUIRE BOC STATUS AFTER 1997. WHEN WE DISCUSSED AT JLG II THE QUESTION OF BOCS THIS WAS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE LATTER CATEGORY: THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY
DISCUSSION IN RESPECT OF THE FORMER CATEGORY.
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AS REGARDS THE LATTER CATEGORY, LORD GLENARTHUR REFERRED TO THEIR STATUS IN THE DEBATE ON THE NATIONALITY ORDER IN COUNCIL IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS ON 20 JANUARY 1986 (A COPY OF HIS SPEECH IS BEING FAXED TO YOU). HOWEVER, WE FEEL THAT THE QUESTION PROBABLY CONCERNS THE FORMER CATEGORY AND WE WOULD THEREFORE SUGGEST YOU
REPLY AS FOLLOWS:
''THE STATUS OF SUCH PERSONS WILL BE COVERED BY THE RIGHT OF ABODE PROVISIONS IN SECTION XIV OF ANNEX I TO THE JOINT DECLARATION.'!
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