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Not necessary.
If you are not a Chinese and you are born before July 1, 1997, you are in fact a British Citizen. After that, you are a Chinese Citizen.
The best way to determine your eligibility is to simply apply one.
2011-03-06 13:28:58 補充:
I take an assumption that you don't know about the history pretty well.
Please look at the following IN DETAI first:
http://www.gov.hk/tc/residents/immigration/chinese/law.htm
It clearly states that Chinese-decent Hong Kong Permanent Residents are automatically Chinese citizens.
2011-03-06 13:31:05 補充:
So evidently, Indians and other minorities in Hong Kong are excluded from getting Chinese citizenship.
You have to be clear about that being a Hong Kong Permanent Resident does not mean you are a Chinese citizen (and vice versa).
2011-03-06 13:31:25 補充:
After that, please look at this as well:
http://ukinhongkong.fco.gov.uk/en/help-for-british-nationals/living-in-hong-kong/section-4b-nationality-act
2011-03-06 13:33:53 補充:
In this case, since no one knows what is the person's ethnicity, there is no way to know what nationality or citizenship he or she has.
So the best way to know - is to apply one and see and Immigration Department will tell if he or she is eligible or not.
2011-03-06 13:34:20 補充:
In bottom line, regardless what I have answered - Ming you are completely WRONG about saying that he or she is eligible (there are people who in fact are not eligible for HKSAR Passport).
2011-03-06 13:35:26 補充:
And by the way, the Taiwanese who answered this question is correct - if he is a Chinese citizen, he will be. Otherwise, he or she will have to naturalize first.
2011-03-06 14:57:47 補充:
It is simple - I am indeed a foreigner...Who said I am in Hong Kong?