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NOTHING TO BE WRITTEN IN THIS MARGIN

necessary to exempt a British subject from

deportation. The enclosed Ordinance provides that

a United Kingdom belonger who has been ordinarily

resident in Hong Kong for a continuous period of not

less than 7 years has the right of entry into the

Colony at any time unless a deportation order is in

force against him; no conditions of stay may be

imposed on him; and he can only be deported in the

interest of the security of Hong Kong or for political

reasons affecting the relations of HMG in the

United Kingdom with another country.

The Ordinance also gives legal recognition to

the special position in Hong Kong of longstanding residents who are wholly or partly of the Chinese

race and provides that they may only be deported in

the same way as United Kingdom belongers (see the

fifth paragraph \of this letter).

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