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AGREEMENT MOST RELEVANT. IN SPEAKING TO THE MEXICANS, WE SHOULD
LIKE YOU, IN PARTICULAR, TO EMPHASISE THE FOLLOWING POINTS:
A. GENERAL
3.(A) THERE IS NO REASON TO SUPPOSE THAT THE RUN-UP TO 1997 WILL
HERALD A FLOOD OF EMIGRATION FROM HONG KONG. IT IS HMG'S
FIRM BELIEF THAT THE HONG KONG AGREEMENT PROVIDES THE
NECESSARY FRAMEWORK OF ARRANGEMENTS WITHIN WHICH ALL THOSE
WHO LIVE AND WORK IN HONG KONG CAN CONTINUE TO PLAN
PEACEFULLY AND WITH CONFIDENCE FOR THEIR FUTURE THERE.
(B) IN THE WAKE OF THE AGREEMENT, HONG KONG'S ECONOMY IS
B.
EXPANDING WITH RENEWED CONFIDENCE. A GROWTH RATE OF 7 PERCENT IN
GDP HAS BEEN FORECAST FOR THIS YEAR. THE INFLATION RATE IS
FALLING, THE HONG KONG DOLLAR IS STABLE, UNEMPLOYMENT IS LOW
AND EXPORT PERFORMANCE IS GOOD.
THE POSITION OF HONG KONG BDTCS UNDER THE AGREEMENT.
SECTION XIV OF ANNEX I TO THE AGREEMENT, AND THE ASSOCIATED EXCHANGE OF MEMORANDA ON NATIONALITY, PROVIDE FOR:
4.
(A) ANYONE WHO IS A BDTC BY VIRTUE OF A CONNECTION WITH HONG KONG
TO BE ELIGIBLE TO ACQUIRE A NEW FORM OF BRITISH NATIONALITY
(HOLDERS OF WHICH WILL BE KNOWN AS BRITISH NATIONALS (OVERSEAS)) (BN(0)) AND TO RETAIN IT FOR LIFE:
(B) THE RIGHT OF ABODE IN THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE
REGION FROM 1 JULY 1997 FOR PERSONS WHO:
(I)
(II)
HAVE BEEN ORDINARILY RESIDENT IN HONG KONG FOR A CONTINUOUS PERIOD OF 7 YEARS OR MORE AND HAVE TAKEN
HONG KONG AS THEIR PLACE OF PERMANENT RESIDENCE:
BEFORE THE ESTABLISHMENT OF THE HONG KONG SAR HAVE THE
RIGHT OF ABODE ONLY IN HONG KONG.
C.
BN (0) STATUS
5. IT IS INTENDED THAT BN(0) STATUS WILL CARRY WITH IT BROADLY THE SAME BENEFITS AS BDTC STATUS EXCEPT THAT IT WILL NOT BE TRANSMISSIBLE. THUS, BN (0)S WILL BE ABLE TO:
(A) USE BRITISH (IE BN (0)) PASSPORTS (WHICH WILL, WHEN ISSUED,
CONTAIN AN APPROPRIATE REFERENCE TO RIGHT OF ABODE). WE HAVE EVERY EXPECTATION THAT THESE PASSPORTS WILL BE FULLY ACCEPTED
BY ALL COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD:
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