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(b)
(c)
According to our latest projected estimate, as at 1 July 1997, around 35,000 children of Hong Kong permanent residents who meet the requirements under Basic Law Article 24(2)(3) will still be in China.
In the General Household Survey conducted from late 1995 to early 1996 by the Census and Statistics Department, special questions were included to collect information on Hong Kong residents with spouses in China and these couples' fertility. The survey enumerated over 9,000 households randomly drawn from all domestic households in Hong Kong.
Our forecasts into the future were made based on the results from the General Household Survey and a number of assumptions such as the composition of the one-way permit quota would remain the same; and the number of Hong Kong residents who will get married in China each year in the future will follow the pattern derived from the General Household Survey.
Under the existing provisions of the Immigration Ordinance (Cap. 115), a person who now has the right of abode in Hong Kong has the right -
(a)
to land in Hong Kong;
(b)
not to have imposed upon him any condition of stay in Hong Kong, and any condition of stay that is imposed shall have no effect;
not to have a deportation order made against him; and
(c)
(d)
not to have a removal order made against him.