Annex
Paper landed Over to the Chinese Government : Chinese Nationality Requirement for
Legislative Council Mempersnip of the
Hong Kong Special Administrative Region
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the
11 January
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During their meeting in feking on
Governor of Hong Kong, Mr. LI Hou and Mr. U Ping
nationality restriction on members
that
Legislature
E the
of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region was under consideration.
According to press reports, the BLDC Special Group
Politicai System has proposed that the Basic Caw
Ja
ne
Include
should
Who
a stipulation that
members
the
Legislature of the Hong Kong SAR shall be Chinese citizens
ace permanent residents of the SAR and who have no
Fight of abode in foreign countries; and that permanent residents of the SAR who are not Chinese nationals or who
have a right of abode in foreign countries may also be elected as members, but they shall not exceed 15 percent of total membership.
C.
Serious doubts have been raised in Hong Kong about the practicability of these proposals.
The British Government hope the following comments will be helpful to the Chinese Government in coming to a final view on these
proposals:
(A)
Although nationality restrictions do exist in some legislatures, по
such restrictions have been
placed on membership of the Hong Kong Legislative Council, the Municipal Councils or the District