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GOVERMENT HOUSE HONG KONGITIVEN TIAL TA T

FG.03

Record of Agreement

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discussed

At

JLGXXIV,

the British

and

Chinese sides

in Annex I,

the understanding of a provision

of

Section XIV

the Joint Declaration which states that born outside Hong Kong of persons of Chinese nationality Chinese nationals with

with right of abode in Hong Kong shall have right of abode in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. The two sides agreed that this provision should be understood as follows:

" A person of outside Hong Kong

abode

in

the

Chinese

nationality born

have right shall

of

Hong Kong Special if at the time of

Administrative Region,

his ΟΙ her birth, whether before or after the establishment of the Hong Kong Special one of his or her Administrative Region,

parents is

a

Chinese

national

right of abode in Hong Kong. "

who has

2.

The

understanding

Basic Law.

believed side

the that

above Chinese

was in line with Article 24 (2) (3) of the

. 3.

The two sides agreed that the relevant provisions

in the

the Immigration Ordinance

course

to

reflect the

be should

in due amended

above understanding and be brought

into full alignment with the corresponding provisions of

the Basic Law.