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TRAVEL DOCUMENTS TO SHOW THEIR RIGHT OF ABODE IN THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION. THE GOVERNMENT

OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA WILL RAISE NO

OBJECTION TO THE PLAN OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED

KINGDOM AS MENTIONED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM MEMORANDUM

THAT TRAVEL DOCUMENTS BEARING THIS ENDORSEMENT AND

ISSUED BEFORE 1 JULY 1997 WILL REMAIN VALID UNTIL THEIR

DUE EXPIRY DATES, WHICH IN MOST CASES WILL BE AFTER 30

JUNE 1997: AND THAT TRAVEL DOCUMENTS RENEWED OR REPLACED

AFTER 30 JUNE 1997 WHOSE HOLDERS HAVE THE RIGHT OF ABODE

IN HONG KONG WILL ALSO CONTAIN THE SAME ENDORSEMENT.

2. THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF

CHINA HAS TAKEN NOTE OF A REFERENCE IN THE UNITED

KINGDOM MEMORANDUM THAT FROM 1 JULY 1987, THE BRITISH

HONG KONG GOVERNMENT PLANS TO ISSUE NEW FORMS OF HONG

KONG IDENTITY CARDS. AS A TRANSITIONAL ARRANGEMENT TO ENSURE A SMOOTH TRANSFER OF GOVERNMENT, THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA WILL PERMIT THE CONTINUED USE, ON AND AFTER 1 JULY 1997, OF THE NEW IDENTITY CARDS ISSUED BY THE BRITISH HONG KONG GOVERNMENT UNTIL THEY ARE REPLACED BY HDENTITY CARDS ISSUED BY THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION GOVERNMENT. FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF ADMINISTRATION, IDENTITY CARDS ISSUED BY THE HONG KONG SPECIAL

ADMINISTRATIVE REGION GOVERNMENT WILL CONTINUE TO BEAR

THE SAME NUMBERS AS THE NEW IDENTITY CARDS ISSUED IN

HONG KONG BEFORE 1 JULY 1997.

3. IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE FOREGOING, ANY

REFERENCE TO HONG KONG IN THE NEW FORMS OF HONG KONG

#DENTITY CARDS AND THE ENDORSEMENT IN TRAVEL DOCUMENTS AS REFERRED TO IN THE UNITED KINGDOM MEMORANDUM WILL, ON AND AFTER 1 JULY 1997, BE TAKEN TO MEAN THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION. FOR THIS, THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA EXPRESSES TS

UNDERSTANDING.

4. FOR THE CONVENIENCE OF TRAVELLING ABROAD BY

PERSONS HAVING THE RIGHT OF ABODE IN HONG KONG AFTER 30 JUNE 1997, THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA WILL, WHEN NECESSARY, STATE TO THE GOVERNMENTS OF THIRD COUNTRIES THAT HOLDERS OF TRAVEL DOCUMENTS

CARRYING THE ENDORSEMENT AS REFERRED TO IN THE UNITED

KINGDOM MEMORANDUM WILL BE ABLE TO RETURN TO THE HONG

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KONG.