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ORDER
FORMER BDTCS IF SUCH CHILDREN OTHERWISE STATELESS.
WILL THUS MAKE PROVISION FOR ACQUISITION OF A FORM OF
BRITISH NATIONALITY UNTIL MIDDLE OF NEXT CENTURY.
WHAT ABOUT BDTCS WHO DO NOT BECOME BN(0)S AND DO HAVE ANOTHER
NATIONALITY?
13.
WILL CEASE TO HAVE ANY FORM OF BRITISH NATIONALITY. WILL
CONTINUE TO HOLD WHATEVER OTHER NATIONALITY THEY ALREADY
HAVE.
WHAT ABOUT THEIR CHILDREN?
14.
WILL
WILL BE GOVERNED BY THEIR PARENTS NATIONALITY LAWS.
NOT BE COVERED BY THE STATELESSNESS PROVISIONS. NOT
INTENDED TO PROVIDE BRITISH NATIONALITY TO CHILDREN OF
PERSONS WHO THEMSELVES NO LONGER HAVE BRITISH
NATIONALITY. PRINCIPLE IS THAT BRITISH NATIONALITY
CANNOT BE ACQUIRED AFTER JUNE 1997 BY VIRTUE OF
CONNECTION WITH HONG KONG. TO GRANT BRITISH NATIONALITY
TO CHILDREN BORN IN HONG KONG WHOSE PARENTS HAVE NO
BRITISH NATIONALITY AT ALL CONTRAVENES THAT PRINCIPLE. WHAT IS THE POSITION OF NON BDTCS IN HONG KONG?
15.
NOT AFFECTED IN ANY WAY BY THE ORDER IN COUNCIL.
WHAT WILL BE THE POSITION OF NON-CHINESE BDTCS?
16.
WILL BE ABLE TO APPLY FOR BN(0) IN THE SAME WAY AS ANY
OTHER HONG KONG BDTC. CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN WILL
BENEFIT FROM PROVISIONS TO GUARD AGAINST STATELESSNESS IF
HAVE NO OTHER NATIONALITY.
WHY NOT GIVE BN(O)S RIGHT OF ABODE IN THE UNITED KINGDOM?
17.
SINCE 1983 RIGHT OF ABODE GOES WITH BRITISH CITIZENSHIP.
BDTCS DO NOT HAVE RIGHT OF ABODE IN THE UK. GOVERNMENT
DO NOT CONSIDER IT APPROPRIATE TO GIVE RIGHT OF ABODE TO
ANY GROUP OF PERSONS IN HONG KONG WHO DO NOT HAVE IT AT
PRESENT.
WHAT ABOUT RIGHT OF ABODE IN HONG KONG?
18.
AGREEMENT SAFEGUARDS RIGHTS OF ABODE IN HONG KONG.
ESSENTIALLY, IT STATES THAT ANYONE WHO HAS RESIDED IN
HONG KONG FOR 7 YEARS AND IS PERMANENTLY RESIDENT THERE
WILL HAVE RIGHT OF ABODE IN THE HONG KONG SPECIAL
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