TNAG-2290-FCO40-3296-Relations-between-Hong-Kong-and-Macau-1991 — Page 26

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Art.

Draft MBL

24

No such provision.

24(4)

3

Art.

CHAPTER III

HKBL

Remarks

Fundamental Rights & Duties of the Residents

24(4)

One of the residency criteria for persons not of Chinese nationality is that they must have entered Hong Kong with valid travel documents.

The purpose the

of

wordings

"valid travel

documents" in

HKBL

is

primarily

to

prevent

the

offsprings of

illegal

Portuguese who were born in Macao and have taken Macao as their place of residence before or after the establishment of the SAR are regarded as

as permanent residents of Macao.

are

British citizens not given corresponding right, unless they born in Hong Kong of those permanent residents qualified under HKBL 24 (4) and if they are under 21 years of age.

immigrants e.g. Vietnamese

migrants born

in Hong Kong, to become HKSAR

permanent residents. Obviously, the problem is much less severe in Macao.

Draft MBL 24 (4) & (5) seem to have account Macao's for services

taken of need

the

of

Portuguese

nationals

willing to stay

after 1999.

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