TNAG-1385-FCO40-1833-Future-of-Hong-Kong-nationality-and-citizenship-1985 — Page 45

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INFO IMMEDIATE PEKING

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YOUR TELNOS 2108 AND 2110: HONG KONG AGREEMENT: NATIONALITY

ORDER IN COUNCIL: PASSPORTS

1.

(A)

YOUR TELNO 2108.

YOUR PARA 2B(I). ACCEPTED. PLEASE REVISE PARAGRAPHS 1

AND 2 OF STATEMENT IN OUR TELNO 1507 TO READ AS FOLLOWS:

1.

BN(0) PASSPORTS WILL BE ISSUED IN HONG KONG IN THE NAME

OF THE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH SECRETARY. THIS WILL ENABLE THE

PASSPORTS TO CONTINUE IN THE SAME FORM AFTER 1 JULY 1997 AS

BEFORE.

2.

IT WILL BE POSSIBLE TO APPLY ALSO FOR BN(0) PASSPORTS

FROM PASSPORT OFFICES IN THE UNITED KINGDOM AND FROM CONSULAR

POSTS OVERSEAS.'

(B)

YOUR PARA 2B(II).

ACCEPTED.

PLEASE AMEND PARA 9 AS YOU

SUGGEST.

(C)

YOUR PARA 2B(III).

YOU SUGGEST.

ACCEPTED.

PLEASE AMEND PARA 10 AS

(D)

YOUR PARA 2B(IV).

ACCEPTED.

PLEASE DELETE 'BUT BEFORE A

CUT-OFF DATE (YET TO BE DETERMINED)' FROM FIRST SENTENCE OF

PARA 11. HOWEVER ON ITS OWN THIS WOULD LEAVE THE REMAINDER OF

THE SENTENCE AS AN INVALID STATEMENT. PLEASE THEREFORE AMEND

SENTENCE TO READ 'IT WILL BE OPEN TO PEOPLE TO APPLY FOR THEIR

FIRST BN(0) PASSPORT FROM 1 JULY 1987'.

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