a
nationals" (em hasis added) lead to
added) lead to a distinction based on race? If there will be such a distinction then the afrected ethnic minorities will become second-class citizens of the SAR.
5.
One
assumes
at
that
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So unclear what the status of these special passports wil1 e after 50 years when the SAR government that isquad theta
exist. to
that
time distinctions, be they political, legal etc., will no longer exist. It is certain that all people of Chinese race vill It is then obtain passports issued by the Chinese Government. anclear what provisions will be made for the affected ethnic
inorities after that time by China's Nationality law as When stands. If no provision will be made, then the sanood luck. generation
minority
again will
Mecove
sitateless.
of
affected 21
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The Chinese Government's interest is welcomed but gives raise to many questions. There may be differences on account of race in light of the fact that the Chinese do presently pleon importance on this. It is because of this that we recognize the need to push for full British Nationality. On this it is noteworthy to remind oneself that even the International Commission of Jurists in their report entitled "Countdown to 1997 Report of a Mission to Hong Kong" opined that the British Government's treatment of the affected ethnic minorities will render them effectively stateless in 1997.
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INDIAN RESOURCES GROUP 18th January, 1993
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