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3. THE CHINESE SIDE WILL ACCEPT THOSE CHINESE CITIZENS HOLDING

ORDINARY PASSPORTS OR TRAVEL PERMITS] WHO, AFTER THIS UNDERSTANDING COMES INTO EFFECT, TRAVEL TO OTHER COUNTRIES OR REGIONS FROM THE MAINLAND OF CHINA THROUGH HONG KONG AND WHO ARE SENT BACK FOR HAVING STAYED OVER THE GIVEN TIME IN HONG KONG. THE CHINESE SIDE WILL ALSO ACCEPT THOSE CHINESE LIVING OUTSIDE CHINA HOLDING

ORDINARY PASSPORTS OR TRAVEL PERMITS GOING

THROUGH HONG KONG TO THE MAINLAND OF CHINA TO

TAKE UP RESIDENCE WHO STAY OVER THE GIVEN TIME IN HONG KONG.

AS FOR CHINESE CITIZENS RESIDING OUTSIDE CHINA WHO ARE

HOLDERS OF ORDINARY PASSPORTS OR TRAVEL PERMITS IN TRANSIT

THROUGH HONG KONG, THEY WILL, IN PRINCIPLE, BE ACCEPTED BY THE CHINES

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SIDE, SUBJECT TO VERIFICATION OF THE FACT THAT THEY

REALLY ARE UNABLE TO RETURN TO THE COUNTRY

OF THEIR RESIDENECE AND ARE WILLING TO RETURN TO THE MAINLAND

OF CHINA FOR PERMANENT SETTLEMENT. THIS IS, HOWEVEF, ONLY

APPLICABLE TO THOSE WHO FAIL TO LEAVE HONG KONG AFTER THE EXTEN- SION OF THEIR STAY GRANTED BY THE HONG KONG BRITISH

AUTHORITIES HAS EXPIRED.

4. THE RULES IN PARAGRAPHS 1 AND 2 WILL ALSO APPLY TO CHINESE CIT-

IZENS HOLDING ORDINARY PASSPORTS OR TRAVEL PERMITS WHO

ARRIVE IN HONG KONG FROM ELSEWHERE IN TRANSIT TO THE MAINLAND, SUBJECT TO THE FOLLOWING CONDITIONS:

(8) THEY SHOULD HAVE TRANSIT VISAS FOR HONG KONG (SEMI-COLON)

AND

(11) THEY SHOULD, IF NECESSARY, HAVE ENTRY VISAS FOR CHINA.

CHINESE CITIZENS HOLDING ORDINARY PASSPORTS OR TRAVEL PERMITS WHO RESIDE OUTSIDE CHINA SHOULD APPLY TO THE BRITISH EMBASSY, HIGH COMMISSION OR CONSULATE IN THEIR COUNTRY OF RESIDENCE FOR A HONG KONG TRANSIT VISA. DOUBLE JOURNEY TRANSIT VISAS WILL NORMALLY BE GRANTED TO SUCH APPLICANTS. CHINESE CITIZENS HOLDING ORDINARY PASSPORTS WHO RESIDE

IN THE MAINLAND SHOULD, AS NOW, APPLY TO THE BRITISH EMBASSY, HIGH COMMISSION OR CONSULATE IN THE COUNTRY THEY ARE VISITING FOR A HONG KONG TRANSIT VISA FOR THEIR RETURN JOURNEY.

5. THE CONSULAR DEPARTMENT OF THE MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS RESERVES ITS RIGHT TO MAKE FURTHER REPRESENTATIONS TO THE BRITISH SIDE ON THE FACT THAT THE BRITISH EMBASSY IN CHINA DOES NOT ACCEPT APPLICATIONS FOR HONG KONG TRANSIT VISAS FROM CHINESE CITIZENS HOLDING ORDINARY PASSPORTS. IN THE MEANTIME, UNTIL BOTH SIDES HAVE REACHED AGREEMENT, HONG KONG TRANSIT VISAS WILL TEMPORARILY CONTINUE TO BE ISSUED AT LUOHU.

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