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It has further been agreed between the two Governments that to ensure a smooth transition, the new forms of Hong Kong identity cards (i.e. a permanent identity card which states that its holder has the right of abode in Hong Kong for

Kong for those who have that right and a different form of identity card which does not state that its holder has the right of abode in Hong Kong for Hong Kong residents who do not have that right) which will not specify dates of renewal, 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 (SAR) Government.

To implement these

agreements, it is necessary to amend the Hong Kong legislation to introduce the term "right of abode in Hong Kong" and to provide for the issue of new forms of identity card.

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the

the

Legislative proposals in support of the right of abode endorsement involve amending Immigration Ordinance (Chapter 115) and Registration of Persons Ordinance and its Regulations (Chapter 177).

Existing provisions relating to "right of abode"

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At present the Immigration Ordinance does not contain the term

term "right of abode". It confers the "right to land" in Hong

Hong Kong, a right which includes the right to enter and to remain free of conditions of stay, on -

(a)

(b)

"Hong Kong belongers" (broadly speaking persons who are British Dependent Territories citizens (BDTCs) by virtue of a connection with Hong Kong). There at present about 3.25 million BDTCs in

Hong Kong including an estimated 11,500 non-ethnic Chinese BDTCs;

"Chinese residents" (persons wholly or partly of Chinese race who have at any time been ordinarily resident in Hong Kong for a continuous period of not less than 7 years), of whom

whom there

there are about 1.74 million;

(c) "resident British

citizens" (British citizens who have at any time been ordinarily resident in Hong Kong for a continuous period of not less than 7 years). It is estimated there are about 14,000 British citizens living in Hong Kong but no statistics

"resident

available;

British

citizens"

on

are

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