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IKKO40 2

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO.

- 7 JUN 1983

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Pi WEBB, ASSISTANT POLITICAL ADVISER, HONG KONG

FROM:

DATE:

3 JUNE 1983

FOLLOWING FOR: W MORRIS, ESQ, HKGD, FCO

COP IED TO:

RN PEIRCE ESQ., PEKING

FUTURE OF HONG KONG: PRESS COVERAGE

A CONTRIBUTOR TOWEN WEI PO IN A FEATURE ARTICLE ON 31 MAY ARGUED THAT A SOLUTION OF THE 1997 ISSUE WOULD INEVITABLY ENTAIL QUOTE HONG KONG PEOPLE RUNNING HONG KONG UNQUOTE (GANGREN ZHIGANG) UNDER CHINESE SOVEREIGNTY. A DEFINITION OF QUOTE HONG KONG PEOPLE UNQUOTE WAS THEREFORE A FUNDAMENTAL QUESTION.

2. THE CONTRIBUTOR SAID THAT THE HONG KONG PEOPLE WHO ADMINISTERED HONG KONG IN THE FUTURE SHOULD SATISFY TWO REQUIREMENTS. THEY MUST BE LOCAL RESIDENTS AND MUST HAVE ACQUIRED CHINESE NATIONALITY (ACCORDING TO A LEGAL, RATHER THAN RACIAL, CRITERION). WHEN CHINA HAD RECOVERED HONG KONG AND TURNED IT INTO A SPECIAL ADMINIST- RATIVE REGION (SAR), CHINESE NATIONALITY WOULD BE ACQUIRED BY BIRTH

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