The creation of British Nationality (Overseas) status, for instance, (with fewer privileges than British citizen status) was met with criticism from many Hong Kong residents who felt that British citizenship would have been more appropriate in light of the "moral debt" owed to them by the UK.[lower-alpha 3][lower-alpha 4] Some British politicians[lower-alpha 5] and magazines[lower-alpha 6] also criticised the creation of BN(O) status.