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OUR TELNO 1042, PEKING TELNO 1776 AND YOUR TELNO 2712: JOINT LIAISON GROUP: RIGHT OF ABODE ENDORSEMENT: PARLIAMENTARY

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DUE TO A FAILURE OF COMMUNICATIONS THE PARLIAMENTARY QUESTION GIVEN IN TUR WAS NOT IN THE EVENT PUT DOWN IN HOUSE OF COMMONS ON 2 DECEMBER. TO ENSURE THAT THE INFORMATION IS MADE PUBLIC BEFORE THE LEGCO DEBATE THE FOLLOWING QUESTION HAS BEEN PUT DOWN IN THE HOUSE OF LORDS IN THE NAME OF LORD GEDDES: 'ASKED HER MAJESTY'S GOVERNMENT: WHAT PROGRESS WAS MADE AT THE RECENT JOINT LIAISON GROUP MEETING IN PEKING, AND WHETHER AGREEMENT WAS REACHED ON THE RIGHT OF ABODE ENDORSEMENT TO BE PLACED IN BN(0) PASSPORTS.' THIS WAS ANSWERED BY LADY YOUNG TODAY IN THE FOLLOWING TERMS: 'WE ARE ARRANGING FOR THE TEXT OF THE COMMUNIQUE ISSUED AFTER THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP MEETING TO BE PLACED IN THE LIBRARY OF BOTH HOUSES. I AM HAPPY TO SAY THAT THAT CHINESE SIDE AGREED IN PRINCIPLE THAT THE WORDING OF THE ENDORSEMENT SHOULD BE AS FOLLOWS: 'THE HOLDER OF THIS PASSPORT HAS HONG KONG PERMANENT IDENTITY CARD NO (XYZ) WHICH STATES THAT IT IS EXPECTED THE HOLDER HAS THE RIGHT OF ABODE IN HONG KONG'. THAT FORMAL AGREEMENT ON THIS AND OTHER RELATED MATTERS WILL BE REACHED AT THE NEXT MEETING OF THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP.'

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TO ENSURE THAT THE TEXT WE HAVE PASSED TO THE CHINESE IS

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