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POSITION OF NON-CHINESE BDTCs RESIDENT ABROAD
36. Residence outside Hong Kong is not a bar to the acquisition of
the new BN (0)
Thus non-Chinese persons who are BDTCs by
status.
virtue of a connection with Hong Kong will be eligible to apply for
the new status whether or not they are currently resident in Hong
Kong.
POSITION OF NON-ETHNIC CHINESE HONG KONG RESIDENTS WHO ARE NOT BDTCS
37. Apart from Vietnamese refugees, the bulk of these consists of
an estimated 8,000 people of ethnic Indian origin who
who hold Indian
nationality. They are not BDTCs. The nationality provisions of the
Bill will not therefore effect those of them or their children who
remain Indian nationals, and who do not become BDTCs before July
1997.
POSITION OF EURASIANS
38. Position will depend on
whether or not individuals are Chinese
Chinese nationality law
citizens under Chinese nationality law.
states that any person born in China or abroad, one of whose parents
is a Chinese national, has Chinese nationality. If considered to be
Chinese will be treated as other ethnic Chinese BDTCs. If not will
be treated as other non-ethnic Chinese BDTCs. (See above).
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