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Non-permanent residents of the Hong Kong SAR are persons who, in accordance with the laws of the Hong Kong are qualified to obtain Hong Kong identity cards but

have no right of abode.

SAR, are

Article 25

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All Hong Kong residents shall be equal before the

Article 26

Permanent residents of the Hong Kong SAR shall have the right to vote and the right to stand for election as prescribed by law.

Article 27

Hong Kong residents shall have freedom of speech,

of the press and of publication; freedom of association, of

assembly, of demonstration and of public protestation; the

rights and freedoms to form and join trade unions, and to

st rike.

Article 28

the person of Hong Kong residents is

The freedom of the

in violable.

arbitrarily or

Arbitrary or

resident, and

freedom of the

Hong Kong residents shall not be unlawfully arrested, detained or imprisoned.

unlawful search of the body of any

deprivation or restriction of the residents'

person shall be prohibited. Torture of any resident, and

arbitrary or unlawful deprivation of

an y

resident's life

shall be prohibited.