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1997,

the Immigration Department of the HKSAR Government be authorised by the Central People's Government to issue

HKSAR passports and travel documents. Before that date,

necessary preparations could be made by the Immigration

Department of the Hong Kong Government on behalf of the Immigration Department of the HKSAR Government.

DEMAND FOR THE HKSAR FASSPORT AND TRAVEL DOCUMENTS

6.

countries

Currently Hong Kong

residents

travel to other

and territories on one or more of the following passports/travel documents:

(a)

Hong Kong British Dependent Territories citizen

(HKBDTC) Passport;

(b)

British National (Overseas) (BN(0)) Passport;

(c)

Hong Kong Certificate of Identity (HKCI);

(d)

Hong

Kong Document of Identity for Visa Purposes

(e)

(f)

(HKDI);

Hong Kong Re-entry Permit (HKREP);

Hong Kong Seaman's Certificate of Nationality and

Identity (HKSCNI); and

(g) Hong Kong Seaman's Identity Book (HKSIB).

Apart from the documents

Hong Kong residents hold

British subject (BS), or

passports.

listed above, a small group of

British Overseas citizen (BOC),

British Protected person (BPP) are mainly persons of Chinese

race born in the former British colonies, British India,

British protectorates or British protected states.

not have

have

Kong.

These persons

They do

right of abode in the United Kingdom but either

right of abode or are on unconditional stay in Hong