CONTENTIA
Handed
& R Bank this
Hogan Peking Nohitney Huli
1 + 3 (Parton /2hong) 24 april 199
21
ря.
agr.
17414
Alignment of the Immigration Ordinance with
Article 24(2) (1) of the Basic Law
Introduction
Under
born in Hong
the existing Immigration Ordinance, a person
Kong can only acquire permanent resident
status and thus right of abode if he or she meets certain
These requirements are as follows
requirements.
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(a) the person's father or mother must be lawfully
residing in Hong Kong unconditionally (i.e. free
from conditions of stay) at the time of his or her
birth; or
(b)
the person must have been registered as a British
Dependent Territories citizen when either of his or
unconditional stay in Hong
her parents
acquired
(c)
2.
illegal
temporary
Kong; and
(a)
in either
legitimate or
or (b) above, the person must be a
legitimated child if only his father
is residing lawfully in Hong Kong unconditionally,
Children born in Hong Kong to parents who are
immigrants, or who are staying in Hong Kong on a
basis, or who have overstayed, cannot acquire
These measures are necessary
right of abode in Hong Kong. to combat illegal immigration.
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