ethnic.PR.JRB
NO SPECIAL ASSURANCES FOR ETHNIC CHINESE BDTCS AND BN(0)8
The immigration assurance we have given has always been in
the context of the non-Chinese ethnic minority with no claim to
nationality other than British.
-The reason why particular concern has been expressed for the ethnic minorities is that, after 1997, some of them may not
have any status other than BN (0) or BOC; just as some at present
have only BDTC status. This is the reason why, over the years, they have been given a firm assurance about the Government's
response if they came under pressure to leave Hong Kong.
-The ethnically Chinese will be in a totally different position, since they will automatically be Chinese nationals with all the rights and security which go with the possession of citizenship. It would not therefore be appropriate to extend to ethnic Chinese BN (O)s an assurance in the terms given to the
ethnic minorities.
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