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include non Chinese nationals who have ordinarily resided in Hong Kong before or after 1997 for a continuous period their of 7 years or more and who have taken Hong Kong as

or after 1997 and

place of permanent

permanent residence before persons under 21 years of age who were born of such persons in Hong Kong before or after 1997.

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2.

The Basic Law (4th April 1990. effective 1st July 1997)

Article 24

abode.

non

This sets out the persons who are permanent residents

and provide that they shall have

they shall have the right of abode and shall be qualified to obtain permanent identity cards which

line with In

the Joint state their right of Declaration, they include the chinese nationals and Chinese nationals referred to in Article XIV in Annex 1 of

the Joint Declaration. The non Chinese nationals are those

who have entered Hong Kong with valid travel documents,

continuous have ordinarily resided in Hong Kong period of not less than seven years and have taken liong Kong as their place of permanent residence.

/

a for

Article 92

This provides that public servants in all government

of the Region

departments must be permanent residents

except where otherwise provided

in for

Article 101

regarding public servants of foreign nationalities

and

except for those below a certain rank as prescribed by law.

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