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problems.

If anyone were to encounter difficulties, we would act

quickly to ensure these were resolved.

It is true that the majority of passport applicants in Hong Kong still prefer the BDTC passport. But this is understandable and I do not regard it as at all discouraging. We are confident that rate of applications for BN (0) passports will gradually increase as

people come to recognise what a very useful document it is. It

extends beyond 1997, unlike the Hong Kong BDTC passports which are now being issued with an increasingly limited validity and a final expiry date of 30 June 1997.

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