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INFO PRIORITY PEKING, UKREP JLG HONG KONG
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NATIONALITY ACT: CHINESE ATTITUDE
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WE NOTE FROM A PRESS SUMMARY OF 3 AUGUST A HONG KONG STANDARD REPORT THAT PERMANENT HONG KONG CITIZENS MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO USE ID CARDS AS TRAVEL DOCUMENTS AFTER 1997. THE REPORT APPARENTLY QUOTES AN ARTICLE IN TA KUNG PAO OF THE PREVIOUS DAY WHICH SAID THAT QUOTE ID CARDS WERE NOT INCLUDED IN THE JOINT DECLARATION AS VALID TRAVEL DOCUMENTS AND ALL CITIZENS HAD TO OBTAIN VALID TRAVEL DOCUMENTS ACCORDING TO LAW TO GO IN OUR OUT OF HONG KONG UNQUOTE.
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FOLLOWING THE MOST RECENT CHINESE STATEMENT ABOUT THE NATIONALITY ACT, THIS COULD CAUSE FURTHER UNCERTAINTY AMONG HONG KONG PEOPLE ABOUT FREEDOM OF TRAVEL AFTER 1997. GRATEFUL FOR YOUR VIEWS ON THE IMPACT LOCALLY.
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