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British consular protection worldwide - including in the
future SAR if holders are not Chinese nationals as well.
(ii) Right of abode in Hong Kong The Joint Declaration
and Article 24 (6) of the Basic Law guarantee 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 people in Hong Kong of non-Chinese race are
welcome to remain and have suggested that they might wish to apply for Chinese citizenship in the future.
Those
(iii) Statelessness They will not be stateless. with solely British nationality (ie BDTC, BN (0) or BOC) will retain British nationality after 1997 (either BN (0)
or BOC). Neither will their children or grandchildren be
stateless. The Hong Kong (British Nationality) Order 1986 specifically provides that the children of BDTCs will have BOC status automatically if they would otherwise be stateless. The grandchildren of the original BDTCs will
in most cases have an entitlement to acquire BOC status by
registration (again, if they would otherwise be
stateless).
(iv) Limited Transmissibility Even British citizenship
will not normally be acquired beyond the first two
generations born in Hong Kong. The Government cannot give
indefinite rights to transmit nationality from one
generation to the next, especially where the territory in question is non-British.
(v) British Nationality Scheme - All BDTCs are eligible
to apply for British citizenship. The scheme was not specifically designed to help the ethnic minorities and we are not in a position to monitor the success of this
community (records are not taken on an ethnic basis).