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INFO IMMEDIATE HKGO WASHINGTON, HKGO GENEVA, HKGO NEW YORK INFO IMMEDIATE HKGO BRUSSELS, FCO, PEKING, UKMIS GENEVA

HKG/GT/125 : RIGHT OF ABODE ENDORSEMENT IN BN(0) PASSPORTS :

EXCHANGE OF MEMORANDA

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UNITED KINGDOM

MEMORANDUM

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RECEIVED IN REGISTRY

2 5 APR 1986

1. THE EMBASSY OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND

NORTHERN IRELAND IN THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA HAVE

THE HONOUR TO REFER TO THE DISCUSSIONS IN THE SINO-BRITISH

JOINT LIAISON GROUP ON THE QUESTION OF HONG KONG RESIDENTS'

TRAVEL DOCUMENTS (INCLUDING BRITISH NATION (OVERSEAS)

PASSPORTS) AND RELATED MATTERS AND THE RELEVANT PROVISIONS

IN SECTION XIV OF ANNEX 1 TO THE JOINT DECLARATION OF

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND THE GOVERNMENT OF THE PEOPLE'S

REPUBLIC OF CHINA ON THE QUESTION OF HONG KONG.

2. TO COINCIDE WITH THE INTRODUCTION OF BRITISH NATIONAL

(OVERSEAS) PASSPORTS FROM 1 JULY 1987, THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT PLANS TO ISSUE FROM THAT DATE TO PERSONS WHO HAVE THE RIGHT OF ABODE IN HONG KONG A NEW FORM OF HONG KONG PERMANENT IDENTITY CARD WHICH STATES THAT ITS HOLDER HAS THAT RIGHT. A DIFFERENT FORM OF IDENTITY CARD,

WHICH DOES NOT STATE THAT ITS HOLDER HAS THE RIGHT OF

ABODE IN HONG KONG, WILL FROM 1 JULY 1987 BE ISSUED TO HONG

KONG RESIDENTS WHO DO NOT HAVE THAT RIGHT. IT IS

THE UNDERSTANDING OF THE UNITED KINGDOM GOVERNMENT THAT,

TO ENSURE A SMOOTH TRANSITION, THE NEW FORMS OF HONG KONG

IDENTITY CARDS, WHICH WILL NOT SPECIFY DATES OF PENEWAL,

WILL CONTINUE TO BE USED AFTER 30 JUNE 1997 UNTIL SUCH

TIME AS THEY ARE REPLACED BY IDENTITY CARDS ISSUED BY

THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION GOVERNMENT.

3. TO ENSURE THAT BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS) PASSPORTS

ARE ACCEPTABLE FOR THE PURPOSE OF INTERNATIONAL TRAVEL

BEFORE AND AFTER 1997, IT WILL BE NECESSARY FOR THEM TO

STATE CLEARLY WHERE THEIR HOLDERS HAVE THE RIGHT OF ABODE.

THE UNITED KINGDOM GOVERNMENT THEREFORE PLANS TO ADD THE

FOLLOWING ENDORSEMENT TO BRITISH NATIONAL (OVERSEAS) PASSPORTS, WHOSE HOLDERS ALSO HOLD HONG KONG PERMANENT

IDENTITY CARDS :

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