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FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 1986

(6)

INSIDE BACK COVER:

(A)

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DELETING NOTE 3 WHICH STATES THAT THE HOLDER IS NOT ENTITLED TO BRITISH CONSULAR PROTECTION, AND

(B) DELETING THE WORDS +OR TO THE NEAREST BRITISH HIGH

COMMISSION OR CONSULATE+ FROM THE SECOND SENTENCE OF NOTE 5 (TO BE RENUMBERED AS NOTE 4) WHICH REFERS TO WHAT THE HOLDER SHOULD DO IF HE LOSES HIS CERTIFICATE OF IDENTITY (SEE NOTE BELOW), AND

REMOVING ALL OTHER COLONIAL INSIGNIA SUCH AS CRESTS WHICH APPEAR ON THE HONG KONG IMMIGRATION OFFICERS' STAMPS.

NOTE: HOLDER OF CERTIFICATES OF IDENTITY DO NOT REQUIRE THIS INSTRUCTION AS THEY INVARIABLY KNOW THAT THEY NEED TO CONTACT THE IMMIGRATION DEPARTMENT IN HONG KONG AND IT DOES NOT MATTER WHETHER THEY CONTACT THE DEPARTMENT THROUGH THE BRITISH CONSULATE OR, AS IS MORE USUALLY THE CASE, THROUGH THEIR RELATIVES IN HONG KONG.

CHINESE MEMORANDUM (TRANSLATION)

THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ACKNOWLEGES RECEIPT OF THE MEMORANDUM DATED NOVEMBER 27, 1986 OF THE EMBASSY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA CONCERNING HONG KONG CERTIFICATES OF IDENTITY AND RELATED MATTERS AND, WITH REFERENCE TO THE RELEVANT DISCUSSIONS OF THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT LIAISON GROUP, HAS THE HONOUR TO ELABORATE THE POSITION AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA ON THE RELEVANT QUESTIONS RAISED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM MEMORANDUM AS FOLLOWS:

IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RELEVANT PROVISIONS IN SECTION XIV OF ANNEX 1 TO THE JOINT DECLARATION OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND ON THE QUESTION OF HONG KONG, THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA WILL ALLOW CERTIFICATES OF IDENTITY (MOD IF IED AS DESCRIBED IN THE ANNEX TO THE UNITED KINGDOM MEMORANDUM AND ISSUED BY THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT BETWEEN JULY 1, 1987 AND JUNE 30, 1997 INCLUSIVE WITH THE NORMAL TEN-YEAR VALIDITY) TO CONTINUE TO BE USED AFTER JUNE 30, 1997 UNTIL THE IR DUE EXPIRY DATES.

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA WILL AGREE THAT THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT MAY ADD AN ENDORSEMENT TO CERTIFICATES OF IDENTITY ISSUED BETWEEN JULY 1, 1987 AND JUNE 30, 1997 INCLUSIVE, TO SHOW THE HOLDER'S RIGHT OF ABODE IN HONG KONG WHERE THE HOLDER HAS THAT RIGHT.

/IN ACCORDANCE