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7. Government has therefore decided
that there are no grounds for granting right of abode in the UK to BDTCs in Hong Kong, whatever their ethnic origin.
8. Indian community has made their home in Hong Kong.
rema in there.
for prosperity of territory that they
provides conditions for them to do so.
Important Agreement
DEFENSIVE
Consular Protection
9. Ex-BDTCs of ethnic Indian origin who become
who become either BN (O)s or
BOCs will be entitled to British consular protection in Hong Kong
after 1997. Only those ex-BDTCs who are considered by the Chinese to be Chinese nationals will not be entitled to consular protection
in the Hong Kong SAR and other parts of China.
Nationality of Children
10. Children born on or after 1 July 1997 to non-Chinese former Hong
Kong BDTCs will acquire BOC status
acquire BOC status at birth if they would otherwise
be stateless.
Subsequent Generations
11. Automatic acquisition of BOC status
status is intended to apply only to the first post-1997 generation. Appreciate concern about potential
statelessness arising amongst subsequent generations of non-Chinese.
would not be appropriate as a general principle to grant British
nationality indefinitely and without restrictions to the descendents
of British nationals. However problems of further generations and
potential statelessness are being urgently examined.
[IF PRESSED]
Points you are making will be taken into consideration.
Position of non-Chinese BDTCs resident abroad
12. Residence outside Hong Kong not a bar to the acquisition of the new BN(O) status. Non-Chinese persons who are BDTCs by virtue of a
connection with Hong Kong will be eligible to acquire the new status
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