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WEDNESDAY, APRIL 8, 1987

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+SUBJECT TO THE ENACTMENT OF THIS LEGISLATION, ALL HONG KONG PEOPLE WHO HAVE THE RIGHT OF ABODE IN HONG KONG WILL BE +HONG KONG PERMANENT RESIDENTS+ AND WILL BE ENTITLED TO A PERMANENT IDENTITY CARD, + MR JEAFFRESON SAID.

+THIS CHANGE IN NOMENCLATURE ENTAILS CERTAIN CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS TO THE PRINCIPAL ORDINANCE AND OTHER LEGISLATION WHICH ARE CONTAINED IN THIS BILL. BUT THEY WILL NOT INVOLVE ANY SIGNIFICANT CHANGE IN SUBSTANCE.+

MR JEAFFRESON SAID THE ARRANGEMENTS TO BE INTRODUCED BY THE PROPOSED LEGISLATION WERE OF A TRANSITIONAL NATURE AND WERE INTENDED TO MEET THE IMMEDIATE OBJECTIVE OF INCLUDING A RIGHT OF ABODE ENDORSEMENT IN BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS) PASSPORTS AND CERTIFICATES OF IDENTITY TO BE ISSUED FROM JULY 1, 1987.

FURTHER LEGISLATIVE PROPOSALS WOULD BE INTRODUCED BEFORE JULY 1, 1997 SO THAT THE CATEGORIES OF PERSONS ENJOYING THE RIGHT OF ABODE IN HONG KONG WERE ON THAT DATE COMPLETELY IN LINE WITH THOSE SET OUT IN THE JOINT DECLARATION, HE SAID.

MR JEAFFRESON NOTED THAT ON JULY 1, 1997 PEOPLE WOULD ACQUIRE THE RIGHT OF ABODE IN THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE RELEVANT PROVISIONS IN SECTION XIV OF ANNEX I TO THE JOINT DECLARATION.

UNDER THAT SECTION, THE FOLLOWING THREE CATEGORIES OF PEOPLE WOULD HAVE THE RIGHT OF ABODE IN THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION:

* ALL CHINESE NATIONALS WHO WERE BORN OR WHO HAVE ORDINARILY

RES IDED IN HONG KONG BEFORE OR AFTER THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION FOR A CONTINUOUS PERIOD OF SEVEN YEARS OR MORE, AND PERSONS OF CHINESE NATIONAL ITY BORN OUTSIDE HONG KONG OF SUCH CHINESE NATIONALS;

* ALL OTHER PERSONS WHO HAVE ORDINARILY RESIDED IN HONG KONG BEFORE OR AFTER THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION FOR A CONTINUOUS PERIOD OF SEVEN YEARS OR MORE AND WHO HAVE TAKEN HONG KONG AS THE IR PLACE OF PERMANENT RESIDENCE BEFORE OR AFTER THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION, AND PERSONS UNDER 21 YEARS OF AGE WHO WERE BORN OF SUCH PERSONS IN HONG KONG BEFORE OR AFTER THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION:

* ANY OTHER PERSONS WHO HAD THE RIGHT OF ABODE ONLY IN HONG

KONG BEFORE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION.

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/MR JEAFFRESON