TNAG-1559-FCO40-2123-Future-of-Hong-Kong-nationality-and-passports-Hong-Kong-(Br-1986 — Page 101

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YOUR TELNO 232:

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PARLIAMENTARY DEBATE ON NATIONALITY WHITE PAPER

FOLLOWING IS UNOFFICIAL TEXT OF CONSERVATIVE PARTY

CENTRAL OFFICE BRIEFING DOCUMENT. THIS IS FOR YOUR OWN

INFORMATION. YOU SHOULD NOT REVEAL THAT YOU HAVE IT, OR ENTER

INTO AN ARGUMENT WITH SCMP OR ANYONE ELSE ABOUT ITS WORDING.

BEGINS

HONG KONG: NATIONALITY ARRANGEMENTS:

(I)

(NEXT FOUR WORDS UNDERLINED) NON-ETHNIC CHINESE BDTC'S

INTRODUCTION

1.

OF THE ROUGHLY THREE AND A QUARTER MILLION BDTCR IN HONG

KONG ABOUT TEN THOUSAND ARE NOT OF CHINESE ETHNIC ORIGIN. SOME 6,000 OF THESE ARE OF ETHNIC INDIAN ORIGIN. THEY ARE NOT REGARDED BY THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT AS CHINESE CITIZENS BUT THE SINO-BRITISH JOINT DECLARATION GUARANTEES THE RIGHT OF ABODE TO

THE FOLLOWING NON-CHINESE NATIONALS:

(A)

(B)

THOSE WHO HAVE LIVED IN HONG KONG FOR SEVEN YEARS AND

HAVE TAKEN IT AS THEIR PLACE OF PERMANENT RESIDENC:

ANY CHILDREN OF SUCH PEOPLE UNDER THE AGE OF 21 BORN IN

HONG KONG BEFORE OR AFTER 1997:

(C)

ANYONE WHO BEFORE 1997 HAS A RIGHT OF ABODE IN HONG KONG

ONLY.

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