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    The British Nationality (Hong Kong) Selection Scheme, usually known in Hong Kong as simply the British Nationality Selection Scheme (BNSS), was a process...
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    British National (Overseas), abbreviated BN(O), is a class of British nationality associated with the former colony of Hong Kong. The status was acquired...
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    British nationality law as it pertains to Hong Kong has changed over time since it became a British colony in 1842. Hongkongers were given various nationality...
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    receiver of application in Hong Kong and Macau, is issued to: Permanent residents of Hong Kong or Macau possessing Chinese Nationality by birth or naturalization...
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  • devised the British Nationality Selection Scheme, granting 50,000 families British citizenship under the British Nationality Act (Hong Kong) 1990. Vancouver...
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    eligible to apply for the Hong Kong SAR passport. Acquisition of British citizenship in the British Nationality Selection Scheme itself does not affect the...
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    difficult, a large number of residents in Hong Kong and Macau have some form of British or Portuguese nationality due to the history of those regions as...
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    Kong (British Nationality) Order 1986 British Nationality (Hong Kong) Act 1990, which introduced the British Nationality Selection Scheme Hong Kong (War...
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    See British nationality law and Hong Kong for details. British National (Overseas) status was given effect by the Hong Kong (British Nationality) Order...
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  • British-born ethnic Hong Kong and ethnic Hong Kong who obtained full British citizenship in the 1990s under the British Nationality Selection Scheme in...
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  • Hong Kong as far back as when the Indian subcontinent was still under British colonial rule and as a legacy of the British Empire, their nationality issues...
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  • Nationality Selection Scheme Hong Kong people with the status of British National (Overseas) British Hong Kong British nationality law and Hong Kong Hong Kong English...
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  • The Hong Kong Military Service Corps (HKMSC) (Traditional Chinese: 香港軍事服務團) was a British army unit and part of the British garrison in Hong Kong (see...
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    Lydia Dunn, Baroness Dunn (category British people of Hong Kong descent)
    restrictive nationality policy, but eventually allowed about 50,000 Hong Kong families to become British citizens through the British Nationality Selection Scheme...
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    Lee was chosen as Hong Kong's next Chief Executive, taking office 1 July 2022 in the presence of President Xi Jinping. His selection was seen as a move...
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    associated British Nationality Selection Scheme; and the Hong Kong (War Wives and Widows) Act 1996 which gave certain women in Hong Kong the right to register...
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    Li Ka-shing (category Members of the Selection Committee of Hong Kong)
    Sir Ka-shing Li GBM KBE JP (Chinese: 李嘉誠; born 29 July 1928) is a Hong Kong billionaire business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He is the senior...
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    economy after the handover. Many Hong Kong citizens emigrated to Great Britain through the British Nationality Selection Scheme. A comparable number of families...
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  • nationals but not citizens. British nationality law defines six classes of British national, among which "British citizen" is one class (having the right...
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  • (Hong Kong) Act 1990 British Nationality (Hong Kong) Act 1997 British nationality law and Hong Kong British Nationality Selection Scheme Broadview Garden...
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    Donald Tsang (category Use Hong Kong English from October 2018)
    of Hong Kong in 1995, becoming the first ethnic Chinese to hold the position under British administration. He continued to serve in the Hong Kong SAR...
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    Carrie Lam (category CS1 Chinese (Hong Kong)-language sources (zh-hk))
    five years. After graduating from the University of Hong Kong, Lam joined the British Hong Kong civil service in 1980 and served in various government...
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  • Rules for Capital Investment Entrant Scheme Archived 2012-07-10 at the Wayback Machine "The Government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region - Immigration...
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    The Political Appointments System is a scheme introduced in 2008 by the Hong Kong Government to reinforce its ministerial team by superseding the Principal...
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  • was a British subject or citizen with the right to live in the United Kingdom British Nationality Selection Scheme, for people from Hong Kong between...
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    Regina Ip (category CS1 Chinese (Hong Kong)-language sources (zh-hk))
    politician in Hong Kong. She is currently the Convenor of the Executive Council (ExCo) and a member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong (LegCo), as...
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  • History of Chinese immigration to the United Kingdom (category British people of Chinese descent)
    devise a British Nationality Selection Scheme to enable some of the population to obtain British citizenship to maintain confidence in Hong Kong and to...
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    Robert Chow (category Hong Kong politicians)
    the right of abode, acquired in the 1990s as part of the British Nationality Selection Scheme, but later backtracked, saying that he was working with a...
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    Handover of Macau (category Use British English from January 2012)
    However, China insisted for a year before 2000 as the Sino-British Joint Liaison Group in Hong Kong would be dissolved in 2000 as envisioned in 1986 (the Joint...
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    John Tsang (category Hong Kong Roman Catholics)
    appointed Financial Secretary of Hong Kong by Donald Tsang. He proposed the Scheme $6,000 tax rebate to all Hong Kong residents in his 2011 Budget. He...
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