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As there is no right of abode restriction on top
posts in the Joint Declaration, this proposal also goes
beyond the Joint Declaration. However) The practical
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effect of such an amendment will, depend upon how the term
'right of abode is defined. For instance, if it was
defined to exclude from top posts only persons who were
entitled to live in another country by virtue of the fact
that they were citizens of the country concerned, then the
limited to those posts which are not listed in seet neo consequences would be minimal since the Joint Declaration
and draft Boole Law already state that holders of most of
these posts must be Chinese nationals (who, by definition,
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such things right of entry into another country leading to
then 8ome persons who might otherwise be
eligible to hold these posts would be prevented from doing
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