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identity card stating the holder's right of abode in

Hong Kong will

will be issued to persons who have

have that

right under the Immigration Ordinance. Those who do

not have that right will be issued with a different

form of identity card which will not include a

statement that the holder has the right of abode in

Hong Kong.

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To ensure a smooth transition, Her Majesty's

Government and the Government of the People's

Republic of China have agreed that the new forms of

identity card issued by the Hong Kong Government will

continue to be used

used after 30 June 1997 until such

time as they are replaced by identity cards issued by

the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

contrast to the identity cards

currently in use which have a fixed period of

validity, the new cards to be issued from 1 July 1987

will not specify the dates on which they must be

Government.

renewed.

In

LO

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The issue of new forms of identity card will

replacement exercise to be

take the form of a

completed over a period of four-and-a-half years.

The Finance Committee of

this Council accepted the

financial implications in June

now before Members seeks to provide the

last year. The Bill

statutory