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citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies, coming

from outside the Colony, into first class and second

(ie into United Kingdom belongers

class categories.

and others).

(2) While the Ordinance makes no provision for it, under

Treaty Her Majesty's Government may in practice be

obliged to accord to nationals of certain states

treatment equal to that accorded to United Kingdom

nationals. An example of such preferential treatment

is to be found in Article 1 of the Treaty of Friendship,

Commerce and Reciprocal Establishment of 1855, between

the United Kingdom and Switzerland. In the circumstances

of this Treaty a Swiss national could be in a more

privileged position in relation to his removal or

deportation from Hong Kong than would citizens of the

United Kingdom and Colonies, other than United

Kingdom belongers.

extremely rare.

Such cases would, however, be

ARGUMENTS IN FAVOUR OF ACCEPTING THE ORDINANCE AS IT STANDS

(1) The Governor has explained that the Unofficial

9.

and

Members of his Executive Council urged strongly that

citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies, who were

not United Kingdom belongers, had no legitimate claim

to any special consideration in this context;

therefore, though they were willing to see a special

protection given to United Kingdom belongers, they

saw no reason to extend this protection to the larger

class of citizens of the United Kingdom and Colonies

4.

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