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BASIC LAW: CHINESE REMARKS ON NATIONALITY: PRESS REPORTS
LU PING
1. A DELEGATION OF MAINLAND MEMBERS OF THE MACAU BLDC BEGAN A 13- DAY VISIT TO THE PORTUGUESE TERRITORY YESTERDAY. ON HIS ARRIVAL AT MACAU, LU PING MADE THE FOLLOWING COMMENTS IN REPLY TO PRESS QUESTIONS ON THE UK NATIONALITY PACKAGE:
2. (I) THE NATIONALITY/ROA REQUIREMENTS FOR PRINCIPAL OFFICIALS OF THE HONG KONG SARG WERE DIRECTED AT THE UK NATIONALITY SCHEME.
(II) WHETHER CHINA WOULD RECOGNISE THE RIGHT OF ABODE GRANTED BY A FOREIGN COUNTRY TO HONG KONG PEOPLE WOULD BE DECIDED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CHINESE NATIONALITY LAW (CNL).
(III) AS REGARDS THE REQUIREMENT IN ARTICLE 12 OF THE CNL THAT STATE FUNCTIONARIES COULD NOT RENOUNCE THEIR CHINESE NATIONALITY, CONSIDERATION WOULD BE GIVEN TO HOW IT WOULD BE IMPLEMENTED IN HONG KONG AND MACAU. BOTH THE JD AND THE DRAFT BL ALLOWED FOREIGN
NATIONALS TO SERVE IN THE SARG.
(IV) AS CIRCUMSTANCES IN HK AND MACAU DIFFERED, WHETHER SIMILAR RESTRICTIONS ON NATIONALITY/ROA WOULD BE LAID DOWN IN THE MACAU BL
WOULD NEED FURTHER DISCUSSION.
3. ACCORDING TO HONG KONG ECONOMIC JOURNAL, LU DID NOT RESPOND TO QUESTIONS ON WHAT MEASURES THE CHINESE GOVERNMENT WOULD TAKE ON HONG KONG PEOPLE WHO WERE GRANTED ROA IN THE UK.
MACAU GOVERNOR
4. MEANWHILE, MACAU GOVERNOR CARLOS MELANCIA SAID IN LISBON THAT ALL MACAU CHINESE HOLDING PORTUGUESE PASSPORTS WOULD BE GIVEN THE SAME RECOGNITION AND TREATMENT AS OTHER PORTUGUESE NATIONALS. THEY WOULD BE CONSIDERED AS FULL PORTUGUESE NATIONALS AT ALL TIMES,
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