For example, some 3.44 million have the British Nationality (Overseas) status that the British government offered to citizens of Hong Kong in the run-up to the 1997 handover, and about 1.5 million of these hold BNO passports.
其中，持有英國政府特地於 97 前夕開放給港人請領的 BNO（海外英國人身分）的香港居民，大約有 344 萬人，至於持有 BNO 護照的大約有 150 萬人。