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CONFIDENTIAL
PS HONG KONG
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INFO PRIORITY HKGO'S WASHINGTON, NEW YORK, BRUSSELS, GENEVA
INFO PRIORITY FCO, PEKING, UKMIS GENEVA
MIPT: WHITE PAPER ON THE DRAFT HONG KONG (BRITISH NATIONALITY}
ORDER 1986
FOLLOWING IS TEXT OF QUESTION-AND-ANSWER' BRIEF.
BEGINS.
WHY IS THE ORDER BEING INTRODUCED SO FAR IN ADVANCE OF 1997?
1. THREE REASONS. FIRST ANY LATER THAN 1 JULY 1967 WOULD MEAN ISSUE
OF RESTRICTED VALIDITY BDTC PASSPORTS (NORMAL VALIDITY OF A BRITISH
PASSPORT IS 10 YEARS) FOR THOSE WHO WISH TO TRAVEL BEFORE 1997.
SECOND, TO GIVE THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT PLENTY OF TIME TO PROCESS
ALL APPLICATIONS BEFORE 1997. THIRD, TO GIVE TIME FOR OTHER
COUNTRIES TO GET USED TO PNO(O) PASSPORTS.
WHAT ARE THE BENEFITS OF BN(0) STATUS?
2. SN(0) STATUS WILL CARRY BROADLY THE SAME BENEFITS AS BRITISH DEPENDENT TERRITORIES CITIZENSHIP, EXCEPT THAT IT WILL NOT BE TRANSMISSIBLE BY DESCENT. BN(0)S WILL BE ABLE TO USE BRITISH PASSPORTS SEMICOLON THEY WILL BE ELIGIBLE FOR BRITISH CONSULAR PROTECTIONS IN THIRD COUNTRIES SEMICOLON AND THEY WILL BE ELIGIBLE TO REGISTER AS BRITISH CITIZENS ON THE SAME TERMS AS BDTCS.
WHY IS BN(0) NOT TRANSMISSIBLE?
3. BN(0) STATUS IS NOT TRANSMISSIBLE BECAUSE THE UK MEMORANDUM ASSOCIATED WITH THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT DECLARATION PROVIDES THAT NO PERSON BORN ON OR AFTER 1 JULY 1997 WILL ACQUIRE BN(0) STATUS.
(IF PRESSED)
PRCG WERE NOT PREPARED TO ACCEPT THAT ANYONE BORN IN HONG KONG AFTER JUNE 1997 SHOULD ACQUIRE EN(0) STATUS BY VIRTUE OF A CONNECTION WITH HONG KONG. NOT THEREFORE POSSIBLE TO PROVIDE FOR TRANSMISSION OF BN(0) STATUS TO CHILDREN BORN AFTER JUNE 1997.
WHY DO BN(0)S HAVE TO REGISTER?
4. ACQUISITION OF BN (0) STATUS MUST BE A MATTER OF CHOICE. REGISTRATION IS A SIMPLE, TRADITIONAL AND CONVENIENT WAY OF
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