GOVERMENT HOUSE HONG KONG.
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enthusiasm for BDTC and BN(0) passports.
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Their main
interest would be to promote the popularity of HKSAR
Therefore,
passports. To do this, they might prefer that British
Hong Kong passports should be as unattractive as
possible and that there should be the minimum of
visa free arrangements for their holders.
we think that they would probably insist that VAAS
between Hong Kong and third countries which were to be
valid after 1997 should refer only to HKSAR travel
documents. And, if we wanted visa-free access for Hong
Kong people with British documents, Britain should
negotiate appropriate arrangements which would be
between Britain and the countries concerned.
PROPOSALS
11.
VAAs are the best, if not the only way of
guaranteeing future visa-free arrangements for Hong
Kong passport holders. Thus, despite our assessment of
the likely Chinese reaction, we recommend proposing to
the Chinese side of the JLG that Hong Kong should
negotiate its own network of open-dated VAAS on the
basis of the model agreement.
12.
The model agreement is essentially a standard
VAA, except that Schedule 1 specifies that it should
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