TNAG-2947-FCO40-4223-Third-Country-Right-of-Abode-Schemes-for-Hong-Kong-1993 — Page 7

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ABORE

RIGHT OF

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 17, 1993

JLO DISCUSSING IMMIGRATION PROPOSALS

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ORDINANCE, BY

THE GOVERNMENT INTENDS TO AMEND THE IMMIGRATION GRANTING PERMANENT RESIDENT STATUS TO PERSONS NOT OF CHINESE NATIONALITY, TO BRING IT IN LINE WITH THE BASIC LAW.

THE PROPOSALS ARE UNDER DISCUSSION IN THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP.

THIS

WAS STATED BY THE SECRETARY FOR SECURITY, ASPREY,

MR ALISTAIR IN REPLY TO A QUESTION BY DR THE HON LEONG CHE-HÚNÒ”"IN LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL TODAY (WEDNESDAY).

THE

CATEGORIES OF

ARTICLE 24 OF THE BASIC LAW SPECIFIES THOSE PERSONS WHO WILL BE PERMANENT RESIDENTS AND HAVE RIGHT OF. ABODE IN THE HONG KONG SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION.

THIS DIFFERS IN SEVERAL RESPECTS FROM THE PRESENT DEFINITION OF PERMANENT RESIDENT IN THE IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE.

"IT IS OUR INTENTION TO AMEND THE IMMIGRATION ORDINANCE BRING IT IN LINE WITH THE BASIC LAW. WE HAVE PUT PROPOSALS EFFECT TO THE CHINESE IN THE JOINT LIAISON GROUP."

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MR ASPREY SAID THE PROPOSALS INCLUDED THE GRANT RESIDENT STATUS TO PERSONS NOT OF CHINESE NATIONALITY.

UNDER ARTICLE 24 OF THE BASIC LAW, PERSONS

NATIONALITY

KONG

ΤΟ

ΤΟ THIS

OF PERMANENT

NOT OF CHINESE ARE ELIGIBLE TO BECOME PERMANENT RESIDENTS OF THE HONG SAR IF THEY HAVE ENTERED HONG KONG WITH VALID TRAVEL DOCUMENTS, ORDINARILY RESIDED IN HONG KONG FOR A CONTINUOUS PERIOD OF LESS THAN

NOT SEVEN YEARS AND HAVE TAKEN HONG KONG AS THEIR PLACE OF PERMANENT RESIDENCE.

HAVE

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