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THURSDAY, APRIL 24, 1986
TO COINCIDE WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS) PASSPORTS FROM 1 JULY 1987, THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT PLANS TO ISSUE FROM THAT DATE TO PERSONS WHO HAVE THE RIGHT OF ABODE IN HONG KONG A NEW FORM OF HONG KONG PERMANENT IDENTITY CARD WHICH STATES THAT ITS HOLDER HAS THAT RIGHT. A DIFFERENT FORM OF IDENTITY CARD, WHICH DOES NOT STATE THAT ITS HOLDER HAS THE RIGHT OF ABODE IN HONG KONG, WILL FROM 1 JULY 1987 BE ISSUED TO HONG KONG RESIDENTS WHO DO NOT HAVE THAT RIGHT. IT IS THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE UNITED KINGDOM GOVERNMENT THAT. TO ENSURE A SMOOTH TRANSITION, THE NEW FORMS OF HONG KONG IDENTITY CARDS, WHICH WILL NOT SPECIFY DATES OF RENEWAL, WILL CONTINUE TO BE USED AFTER 30 JUNE 1997 UNTIL SUCH TIME AS THEY ARE REPLACED BY IDENTITY CARDS ISSUED BY THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION GOVERNMENT.
TO ENSURE THAT BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS) PASSPORTS ARE ACCEPTABLE FOR THE PURPOSE OF INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL BEFORE AND AFTER 1997, IT WILL BE NECESSARY FOR THEM TO STATE CLEARLY WHERE THE IR HOLDERS HAVE THE RIGHT OF ABODE. THE UNITED KINGDOM GOVERNMENT THEREFORE PLANS TO ADD THE FOLLOWING ENDORSEMENT TO BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS) PASSPORTS, WHOSE HOLDERS ALSO HOLD HONG KONG PERMANENT IDENTITY CARDS:
+THE HOLDER OF THIS PASSPORT HAS HONG KONG PERMANENT IDENTITY CARD NUMBER (XYZ) WHICH STATES THAT THE HOLDER HAS THE RIGHT OF ABODE IN HONG KONG, +
BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS) PASSPORTS BEARING THIS ENDORSEMENT AND ISSUED BEFORE 1 JULY 1997 WILL REMAIN VALID UNTIL THEIR DUE EXPIRY DATES, WHICH IN MOST CASES WILL BE AFTER 30 JUNE 1997. BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS) PASSPORTS RENEWED OR REPLACED AFTER 30 JUNE 1997 WHOSE HOLDERS HAVE THE RIGHT OF ABODE IN HONG KONG WILL ALSO CONTAIN THE SAME ENDORSEMENT. THIS ENDORSEMENT WILL REMAIN AN APPROPRIATE REFERENCE TO THE PASSPORT HOLDER'S CURRENT PERMANENT IDENTITY CARD, SINCE IT IS THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE UNITED KINGDOM GOVERNMENT THAT THE REPLACEMENT OF A PERMANENT IDENTITY CARD ISSUED BY THE GOVERNMENT OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION WILL BEAR THE SAME NUMBER AS THE IDENTITY CARD ISSUED IN HONG KONG PRIOR TO 1 JULY 1997 WHICH IT REPLACES. IT IS FURTHER THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE UNITED KINGDOM GOVERNMENT THAT ANY REFERENCE TO +HONG KONG+ IN PERMANENT IDENTITY CARDS AND ENDORSEMENTS IN TRAVEL DOCUMENTS WILL, ON AND AFTER 1 JULY 1997, BE TAKEN TO MEAN THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA.
THE UNITED KINGDOM GOVERNMENT UNDERSTANDS THAT THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA WILL, WHEN NECESSARY, STATE TO THE GOVERNMENTS OF THIRD COUNTRIES THAT HOLDERS OF TRAVEL DOCUMENTS CARRYING THE ENDORSEMENT REFERRED TO IN PARAGRAPH 3 ABOVE WILL BE ABLE TO RETURN TO THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION AFTER 3D JUNE 1997.
CHINESE MEMORANDUM