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..In Confidence
In my speech winding up the debate on the Second Reading
of the Hong Kong Bill on 21 January, I said that I would
write to those Members whose points I did not feel that I
asked why paragraph 2(1)(b) of the
had answered.
schedule used the word "may" instead of the word "shall"
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The word "may" is used in para 2(1)(b) because
acquisition of the new status by BDTCs is not compulsory.
It will be for former BDTCs to opt for the new status. I
can of course as sure you that there
no suggestion that
is
the Government will retain any discretion to deny that
status to any person who opts for it and satisfies the
conditions for its acquisition.
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