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agree to this suggestion, the British

strongly

of the

side would urge

that consideration be given to a further amendment

paragraph to overcome these difficulties. The

British side have in mind the following alternative

formulation:

resided in

"Persons who are not of Chinese nationality but who

have entered Hong Kong with valid travel documents, or

who were born in Hong Kong, and have ordinarily

Hong Kong for a continuous period of no

less than seven years and have taken Hong Kong as

their place of permanent residence before or after the

establishment of the Hong Kong Special Administrative

Region."

6.

The British side would be happy to discuss this

proposal and other relevant issues further through

if the Chinese

side

consider this

diplomatic channels,

would be helpful.

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