(F) PARA 15: WILL NEED TO BE AMENDED TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF THE MOTION
PASSED IN THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL ON JAN 8: AND THE LETTER SENT BY
THE UNOFFICIALS TO ALL MP'S.
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(G) PARA 18: WE SUGGEST ''UNANIMOUS 'BEFORE 'SUPPORT' IN THE FIRST
SENTENCE.
PARAS 19 AND 20 WILL BE REGARDED HERE AS CONTAINING A NUMBER OF
CONTESTABLE PROPOSITIONS. WE WILL COMMENT FURTHER IN THE LIGHT
OF MINISTERS REACTIONS TO THE LEGCO LETTER.
(H) PARA 21: THE IMPRESSION WE OBTAINED FROM PEKING TELMO 1734 IS THA
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THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT ONLY CONFIRMED THAT AS A MATTER OF PRINCIPLE
ALIENS WHO MET THE LEGAL REQUIREMENTS COULD APPLY AND BE CONSIDERED
FOR CHINESE NATIONALITY. THE CHINESE NATAIONALITY LAWS DO ALLOW
ALIENS, WHO MAY OR MAY NOT BE STATELESS, TO APPLY FOR CHINESE
NATIONALITY. WE SUGGEST THAT THE PHRASE ''PEOPLE LIVING IN CHINA
WHO ARE STATELESS'' SHOULD BE REPLACED BY ALIENS LIVING IN
CHINA''.
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(4) PARA 24: THE DATE IN THE SECOND SENTENCE SHOULD BE 30 JUNE
1997''.
(J) PARA 27: IN THE SECOND SENTENCE ''1 JULY 1997'' SHOULD READ
''30 JUNE 1997''. SIMILARLY, WE SUGGEST THAT THE DATES QUOTED IN
THE PENULTIMATE SENTENCE SHOULD BE MORE SPECIFIC, .E. HONG KONG
WILL MEAN HONG KONG BEFORE 1 JULY 1997, AND THE HONG KONG SPECIAL
ADMINISTRATIVE REGION WITH EFFECT FROM 1 JULY 1997''.
(K) PARA 28: WE RECOMMEND THAT THE TOME IN THIS PARAGRAPH SHOULD BE
MORE POSITIVE. WE SUGGEST THAT THE THIRD SENTENCE SHOULD BE RE-CAST AS FOLLOWS-
**THE GOVERNMENT IS CONFIDENT THAT A RIGHT OF ABODE ENDORSEMENT
ALONG THESE LINES WILL QUARANTEE THAT BNO(0)S WILL BE ABLE TO
RETURN TO HONG KONG: AND THAT, AS IT WILL SATISFY IMMIGRATION
OFFICERS IN THIRD COUNTRIES, BN (0)S WILL NOT NEED TO CARRY THEIR
IDENTITY CARDS WITH THEM WHEN THEY TRAVEL'.
AS REGARDS THE FIFTH SENTENCE, AS WE HAVE JUST RECEIVED A LETTER
FROM THE SWISS CONSUL-GENERAL STATING THAT THE SWISS AUTHORITIES
WILL RECOGNISE THE NEW PASSPORT AND WILL TAKE A FORMAL DECISION TO
THIS EFFECT AFTER THE NATIONALITY ORDER IN COUNCIL HAS BEEN MADE,
SWITZERLAND SHOULD BE ADDED TO THE LIST. WE SUGGEST THAT THE PHRASE
TO REDUCE THE POSSIBILITY OF DIFFICULTY FOR TRAVELLERS USING IT'
IN THE SIXTH SENTENCE SHOULD BE REPLACED BY TO ENSURE THAT THE
BN(0) PASSPORT IS AS EFFECTIVE A TRAVEL DOCUMENT AS THE EXISTING
BDTC PASSPORT.'' THE LAST SENTENCE WHICH IS A REPETITION OF THE
FIFTH SENTENCE SHOULD BE DELETED.
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