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doubts that the Joint Declaration and article 24 (2)(6) of
the Basic Law guarantees the ethnic minorities right of
abode in Hong Kong if they do not have a right of abode
elsewhere. The Chinese authorities have said that they are
keen that people in Hong Kong of non-Chinese race should
remain there. They have also said that ethnic minorities
can apply for Chinese citizenship as well as Hong Kong
Special Administrative Region passports after the change of
sovereignty.
b)
loss of nationality after third generation the Government
cannot give indefinite rights to transmit nationality from
one generation to the next especially where the territory
in question
non-British. Even British citizenship
cannot normally be passed down beyond the first two
generations
born abroad.
[There are registration
entitlements for the second generation born abroad but
these depend upon residential links with the UK.] Adoption
of Chinese citizenship is the most obvious course out of
(to buckground,
rather been
live to take?) statelessness should it arise.
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c) BN(0)/BOC passports second rate these passports are
-accepted around the world; holders do not
not need entry
clearance for admission to the UK (unless they are seeking
admission for a purpose, eg. settlement, for which entry
clearance is mandatory); they give holders an entitlement
to registration as British citizens providing they have
minorities nave to compete with each other for a place.