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TUESDAY, JULY 17, 1990

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PASSAGE OF NATIONALITY BILL IN HOUSE OF LORDS

ENCOURAGING TO SEE THE

BRITISH NATIONALITY

THROUGH ITS COMMITTEE STAGE IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS WITHOUT AMENDMENTS.

A HONG KONG GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID

IT WAS TODAY (TUESDAY)

KONG) BILL PASS (HONG

THIRD READING

ΤΟ BACK REFERRED ROYAL ASSENT BEFORE

IN

THE

THE

THE

"IF THERE ARE NO AMENDMENTS DURING ITS BE HOUSE OF LORDS, THE BILL WILL NOT HAVE TO HOUSE OF COMMONS, AND WE CAN EXPECT TO OBTAIN

ተቀ HE SAID. BND OF THIS MONTH,

THE SPOKESMAN

OPPORTUNITY THE TOOK

то

NATIONALS THAT

RESIDENTS WHO ARE NON-BRITISH

KONG

HONG REMIND THEY MUST APPLY FOR THEY WISH TO BECOME

NATURALISATION BEFORE ENACTMENT OF THE BILL IF ELIGIBLE TO APPLY FOR BRITISH CITIZENSHIP WHEN THE SCHEME IS LAUNCHED.

YEARS

"ANY PERSON WHO HAS LIVED IN HONG KONG FOR AT LEAST FIVE

NATURALISATION, AND IS NOT SUBJECT TO ANY LIMIT OF STAY CAN APPLY FOR IRRESPECTIVE OF RACE OR NATIONALITY," HE SAID.

MEAN "THIS DOES NOT

THAT ONE

FROM THE INFORMATION

CERTIFICATE OF

A MUST HOLD

SECTION

FURTHER INFORMATION OF THE IMMIGRATION

IDENTITY BEFORE HE CAN APPLY FOR NATURALISATION. CAN BE OBTAINED

DEPARTMENT ON 829 3333 OR 824 6111," HE ADDED.

CITES RESERVATION ENDS

INTERNATIONAL

FROM TODAY HONG KONG WILL COMPLY TRADE

IMPOSED IN IVORY INTERNATIONAL TRADE IN ENDANGERED SPECIES (CITES) IN JANUARY 1990.

BAN ON

(TUESDAY) WITH A BAN

ON BY

CONVENTION THE WILD OF

FAUNA AND FLORA

OF SIX-MONTH RESERVATION

TO ALLOW LEGALLY ACQUIRED STOCKS

THIS COINCIDES WITH THE EXPIRY OF A THE BAN SECURED BY THE UNITED KINGDOM ON HONG KONG'S BEHALF TIME FOR LOCAL TRADERS TO DISPOSE OF THEIR AND FOR CARVERS TO ACQUIRE RE-TRAINING TO SEEK ALTERNATIVE EMPLOYMENT.

THE

AMENDMENTS

ΤΟ

THE

ANIMALS

ENDANGERED SPECIES) ORDINANCE, WHICH COME HONG KONG LAW INTO FULL COMPLIANCE WITH CITES REQUIREMENTS.

(PROTECTION PLANTS AND

INTO EFFECT TODAY,

OF

BRING

A GOVERNMENT SPOKESMAN SAID THIS FOLLOWED THE UPGRADING OF

MAKING IT A ΤΟ ELEPHANT AFRICAN

APPENDIX I OF CITES, ENDANGERED SPECIES.

THE

HIGHLY

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