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a new national status/for Hong Kong BDTC

passports/travel documents in the new status Kong BDTCs ;

for former Hong

consular protection in third Countries

før

persons holding

passports in/the new

status;

Y7.

an endorsement in British/passports/concerning holders right of abode in Hong Kong (see paragraph 13 above).

Bection

of Annex / I

In addition AFTER XXV to the Joint Declaration/on the future of Hong Kong, which is the main agreement on the subject of Hong Kong reached betweery the Government's of the United Kingdom and People's

Republic of China, among other things:

(a)

(b)

(c)

guarantees the continuation of fight of abode after 1997 for those who have it/before;

allows for residents of the future Hong Kong Special Administraite Region of the People's Republic of China to

use travel/documents issued by other states; and

guarantees the freedom of/travel for residents of the future Hong Kong Special Administrative Region.

Conclusion

16.

[new palo 16:

© to attached]

undstaken

The United Kingdom Government have gone to great lengths to provide a continuing form of British Nationality for those Hong Kong BD TC's who wish to remain British nationals and to continue to hold

and use a British passport after 1/July 1997. As a consequence of the agreements reached with the Government of the People's Republic

these wristie

and of China, the United Kingdom Government, will introduce the new status of British National (Overseas) on 1 July 1987. Passports in the new

status will also be

also issued with effect from that date. The status

is able to meet