WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1985
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+ALTHOUGH WE MAY FEEL UNHAPPY ABOUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED BUT WE SHOULD BE COMPASSIONATE ENOUGH TO ACCEPT THE REALITY WITH DIGNITY.
+WE SHOULD UNDERSTAND THAT THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT HAS TO TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT THE INTERESTS OF THEIR COUNTRY FOR IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A NIGHTMARE FOR ANY GOVERNMENT IN BRITAIN TO BE EXPOSED TO THE POSSIBILITY, HOWEVER SLIGHT, THAT THE ALREADY HEAVILY BURDENED SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM MIGHT WELL BE FURTHER STRETCHED, HE SAID.
+NEVERTHELESS WE WOULD HAVE BEEN MUCH HAPPIER IF SOMEHOW THOSE BRITISH POLITICIANS COULD BE SLIGHTLY MORE HONEST AND TOLD US THE TRUTH RIGHT FROM THE START.
+ IT IS WITH THIS THOUGHT IN MIND THAT I WISH TO PLEA TO WHOEVER THAT TAKES PART IN THE DEBATE IN WESTMINSTER TO RISE TO THE OCCASION THIS TIME AROUND, TO DO SOME HARD SOUL-SEARCHING AND TRY TO TAKE HEED OF OUR CONCERNS LISTEN ATTENTIVELY TO OUR SUGGESTIONS AND THE RATIONALE BEHIND OUR SUGGESTIONS; AND FINALLY PERSUADE THE U.K. GOVERNMENT TO ADOPT OUR PROPOSALS,+ MR CHEONG SAID.
RIGHT OF ABODE STATEMENT ESSENTIAL IN NEW PASSPORT
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A CLEAR ENDORSEMENT ON ALL BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS) PASSPORTS STATING CATEGORICALLY THE RIGHT OF ABODE IN HONG KONG ENJOYED BY HOLDERS IS ESSENTIAL TO FACILITATE THE ACCEPTANCE OF THE DOCUMENT BY THIRD COUNTRIES, THE HON MRS SELINA CHOW SAID TODAY (WEDNESDAY).
SPEAKING DURING THE ADJOURNMENT DEBATE ON THE WHITE PAPER ON THE DRAFT HONG KONG (BRITISH NATIONALITY) ORDER 1986, MRS CHOW REITERATED HER CALL FOR THIS ENDORSEMENT WHICH SHE FIRST MENTIONED IN FEBRUARY THIS YEAR.
SHE SAID IT WAS LEARNT THAT THE UK AND CHINA HAD AGREED IN THE LAST ROUND OF TALKS AT THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP THAT THE ENDORSEMENT ON THE BN(0) PASSPORTS WOULD BE +THE HOLDER OF THIS PASSPORT HAS HONG KONG PERMANENT IDENTITY CARD NO. XYZ WHICH STATES THAT THE HOLDER HAS THE RIGHT OF ABODE IN HONG KONG+.
HOWEVER, SHE SAID THIS DIFFERED FROM THE EXISTING ENDORSEMENT IN BDTC PASSPORTS SAYING THE HOLDER HAS THE RIGHT OF ABODE IN HONG KONG+.
+ IN MY VIEW, THE MENTION OF THE PERMANENT HONG KONG IDENTITY IN THE BN(0) PASSPORT MAY LEAD TO UNNECESSARY SUSPICION OF IMMIGRATION OFFICIALS IN THIRD COUNTRIES,+ SHE SAID.
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SHE EXPLAINED
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