People formed queues outside post offices and courier companies to send documents. FMTNews
A protester holds a British National passport during a protest in Hong Kong on May 29.
It gave Hong Kongers access to British consular services overseas and permission to travel to the UK for up to six months at a time, but not to live or work there. But critics fear it will bring mainland-style political oppression to a business hub supposedly guaranteed freedoms and autonomy for 50 years after its handover.
But some 2.9 million people – anyone born before 1997 – are eligible for BN status and Britain has said any citizenship plan will also include them. But Ng says he faces a dilemma – neither his wife nor their two children have BN status and Britain has yet to say whether family members will be included.
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