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(L) PARA. 15 WE RECOMMEND THAT THE WORDS 'ESTABLISHES A

CONNECTION FOR BE REPLACED BY REFERS TO '.

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(M) PARA. 17 WE NOTE THAT YOU HAVE REVERTED TO THE ORIGINAL VERSION AND SHOULD BE GRATEFUL TO KNOW WHY YOU HAVE DONE SO.

WE REMAIN UNHAPPY WITH THE PHRASE NATURALISATION SPEAKS FOR

ITSELF', BECAUSE TO THE LAY READER IT CERTAINLY DOES NOT SPEAK

FOR ITSELF. ALSO WE THINK THAT THE REMAINDER OF PARA. 17 AS

DRAFTED WOULD INVITE QUESTIONS AS TO WHY NATURALISATION' IS

NOT DEFINED AND WHY IT WAS ASSUMED THAT THERE WOULD NOT BE

DOUBTS AS TO WHETHER NATURALISATION INCLUDED NATURALISATION

AS A CUKC UNDER THE 1943 ACT.

(N) PARA. 19-

(1) WE RECOMMEND THAT, FOR CLARITY, THE SECOND AND THIRD

SENTENCES BE REVISED TO READ BUT IT DOES NOT AFFECT 3DTCS BY

VIRTUE OF A CONNECTION WITH HONG KONG WHO POSSESS BOT CITIZENSHIP

INDEPENDENTLY OF ANY CONNECTION WITH HONG KONG. SUCH PEOPLE WILL

THEREFORE NOT LOSE THEIR BOT CITIZENSHIP'.

(11) IN THE EXAMPLE GIVEN AT SUB-PARA. (B), WE RECOMMEND THAT

WE SHOULD CONFINE THE DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITED TO TWO ONLY,

HONG KONG AND BERMUDA, AS IT IS MORE LIKELY TO HAVE 'SEPARATES'

INVOLVING TWO RATHER THAN THREE DEPENDENT TERRITORIES.

(0) PARA. 20. WE RECOMMEND THAT THE WORD 'STATUS' BE INSERTED AFTER

'3N(0)' IN THE FIRST SENTENCE.

(P) PARA. 21

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(1) AS YOU ARE PREPARED TO ACCEPT THE WORDING OF ARTICLE 4(2)

PROPOSED BY OSWALD CHEUNG, WE RECOMMEND THAT THE FIRST SENTENCE

BE REVISED TO READ ARTICLE 4(2) ENABLES HONG KONG BDTCS WHO WILL

LOSE THAT CITIZENSHIP ON 1 JULY 1997 TO HAVE AN ENTITLEMENT TO

ACQUIRE BN(0) STATUS AND TO HOLD OR TO BE INCLUDED IN A PASSPORT

APPROPRIATE TO THAT STATUS. WE WOULD MUCH RATHER NOT MENTION THE

REGISTRATION, IN VIEW OF THE SENSITIVITY OF HONG KONG PEOPLE

TO THE TERM 'REGISTRATION':

(11) WE RECOMMEND THAT THE SECOND SENTENCE BE AMPLIFIED TO EXPLAIN

HOW THE WORDING OF ARTICLE 4(2) ACCORDS WITH THE WORDING OF THE

UK MEMORANDUM BY REFERRING TO THE RELEVANT PARTS OF THE UK

MEMORANDUM CONCERNING THE HOLDING OF PASSPORTS.

(G) PARA, 24 -

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(1) WE RECOMMEND THAT, FOR CLARITY, THE WORDS (NO FORMER BDTC'

IN THE SECOND SENTENCE SE REPLACED BY THE FOLLOWING: 'NO PERSON

WHO LOSES HIS BDTC STATUS AS A RESULT OF THE ORDER (HEREAFTER

'FORMER BDTC')'.

(11) WE RECOMMEND THAT AGAIN, FOR CLARITY, SUS-PARA. (C) BE REVISED

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