Chinese here for seven years win citizenship – Jagdeo

President Bharrat Jagdeo interacting with Chinese nationals at the Guyana International Conference Centre (GICC), Liliendaal yesterday. (GINA photo)

President Bharrat Jagdeo yesterday announced that Chinese nationals resident here legally for seven continuous years and more will be automatically entitled to citizenship.

He made the announcement at a meeting with some 375 Chinese nationals from across the country at the Guyana International Confer-ence Centre, Liliendaal.

“Any Chinese national who has lived here within our laws continuously