Art.
Draft MBL
Art.
24 (5) 24 (6)
Portuguese
and others who have
24(4)
resided in Macao for 7 years are regarded as permanent residents.
24 (7)
25
18 to be the
upper limit of qualifying age for permanent residents' status in respect of children born in Macao of parents who are permanent residents, other than PRC citizens and Portuguese parents.
Macao residents shall be equal before the law and shall not be subject to any discrimination, on the basis of their nationality, descent, sex, race, language, religion,
political ideological belief, educational level and economic status or social conditions.
or
HKBL
Persons
not
of Chinese nationality who have resided in Hong Kong for 7 years are regarded as permanent residents.
Remarks
Combined effect of MBL24 (5) & (6) is same as HKBL24 (4)
although
24(5)
21 instead.
25
Only provides that HK residents shall be equal before the law. Does
not
have detailed anti-discrimination provision.
the
rights
of
Portuguese
are
highlighted.
The additional
in
MBL
provision
draft
appears to have come from the
Portuguese Constitution. It may also be intended
to
compensate for the absence of
any
article
(like HKBL Art relating to
39)