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THE FOLLOWING LINES TO TAKE MAY BE USEFUL IF THE SUBJECT IS
RAISED DURING YOUR DISCUSSIONS:
NON CHINESE ETHNIC MINORITIES IN HONG KONG ARE BE ELIGIBLE TO APPLY UNDER NATIONALITY ACT. APPLICATIONS WILL BE CONSIDERED ON THEIR MERITS.
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FUTURE OF THESE MINORITIES IS SAFEGUARDED UNDER THE JOINT DECLARATION AND ALSO BY THE PROVISION OF BRITISH OVERSEAS
CITIZEN STATUS FOR ANY WHO WOULD BE STATELESS UP TO THE SECOND GENERATION BORN AFTER 1997.
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THOSE WHO ARE BRITISH NATIONALS ALSO HAVE A SPECIFIC PARLIAMENTARY ASSURANCE THAT IF ANY OF THEM CAME UNDER SEVERE PRESSURE TO LEAVE HONG KONG IN THE FUTURE, AND HAD NOWHERE TO GO, THEIR CASE FOR ADMISSION TO UK WOULD BE LOOKED AT SYMPATHETICALLY.
7. CHINESE NATIONALITY LAW PERMITS PERSONS OF NON CHINESE
ETHNIC ORIGIN RESIDENT IN CHINA TO APPLY FOR CHINESE
CITIZENSHIP. IN THEORY THEREFORE IT IS AN OPTION FOR PERSONS OF INDIAN ORIGIN AFTER 1997 TO TAKE THIS STEP. IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN HOWEVER WHETHER THE CHINESE WOULD GRANT THEM CITIZENSHIP.
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