TNAG-1863-FCO40-2643-Future-of-Hong-Kong-Basic-Law-1989 — Page 130

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Remarks

Problem

(b) The definition of

non-permanent residents is superfluous.

(c) The definition of "right of abode", which is the key attribute of SAR permanent residents and distinguishes them for other Hong Kong residents, should be enshrined in the Basic Law.

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Suggested Solution

resident; and*

(b) Para. 4 should be deleted and

para. 1 be revised as follows:

"Residents of the Hong Kong SAR comprise permanent residents and persons who are ordinarily resident in the Hong Kong SAR but who do not have the right of abode there."

(c) Propose to insert the following

provision in Art. 24:

"Persons with the right of abode shall have the right to land in the Hong Kong SAR; to have no conditions of stay imposed upon them in the Region; to be free from deportation; and to have freedom from removal no less favourable than under the laws previously in force."

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