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orderly fashion.
As I mentioned earlier these proposals caused some concern in Hong Kong particularly among members of the Legislative Council when they were informed of them. They were unhappy about the Removal of the right to become a BN(0) up to 30 June 1997. Most important in their view was that applicants should be able to retain their BDTC status right up to the 1997 deadline. While
there was never any question of applicants losing BDTC status,
my rt. hon Friend has met these concerns by allowing applicants
to retain visible evidence of that status in the form of a BDTC
passport when they register as BN(O)s and acquire a BN(0) passport. On this basis I am pleased to say that the legislative councillors have withdrawn their objections to the Scheme.
I commend both Orders to the Committee.
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