TNAG-1238-FCO40-1551-Future-of-Hong-Kong-1983 — Page 91

IN HONG KONG OR BY QUALIFICATION OF RESIDENCE FOR A SPECIFIED PERIOD OF TIME. SUCH PEOPLE WOULD BECOME QUOTE CHINESE (NATIONALS) IN HONG

KONG UNQUOTE (ZHONGGUO DE XIANGGANG REN) PROVIDED THAT THEY RENOUNCED X

ANY OTHER PREVIOUS NATIONALITY. HOWEVER, THEY WOULD BE FURTHER DISTINGUISHED FROM OTHER CHINESE CITIZENS BY THE DESCRIPTION QUOTE CHINESE CITIZENS OF THE HONG KONG SAR UNQUOTE (ZHONGGUO XIANGGANG TEBIE XINGZHENGU GONGMIN), BUT TRAVEL OVERSEAS AS CHINESE CITIZENS HOLDING CHINESE PASSPORTS.

3. QUOTE HONG KONG PEOPLE UNQUOTE WOULD ENJOY LEGAL PROTECTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHINA'S AND THE HONG KONG SAR'S LEGAL SYSTEM. ONLY QUOTE HONG KONG PEOPLE UNQUOTE WOULD ENJOY THE VARIOUS POLITICAL AND CIVIL RIGHTS ATTACHING TO CITIZENSHIP OF THE SAR.

4. QUOTE HONG KONG PEOPLE UNQUOTE WOULD BE REQUIRED TO BE QUOTE PATRIOTIC. UNQUOTE ALL COUNCILLORS AND MEMBERS OF THE FUTURE SAR GOVERNMENT WOULD BE REQUIRED TO TAKE AN OATH TO ABIDE BY THE LOCAL SAR CONSTITUTION (STATING THAT HONG KONG WAS A PART OF CHINA'S TERRITORY) AND OPPOSE QUOTE TWO CHINA UNQUOTE THINKING.

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SIGNED:

PI WEBB

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