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Mr Li
Unlike Mr Pannick, Mr Li regards the definition 'permanent resident' in the Immigration Ordinance as inappropriate in the BOR context. Instead he considers that all the circumstances of the person concerned have to be examined and that the permanence of residence is a key test. He therefore favours a definition akin to Article 24.2.4 of the Basic Law, i.e. non-Chinese nationals who have ordinarily resided in Hong Kong for seven years and taken Hong Kong as their place of permanent residence would be regarded as permanent residents.
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To comply with Article 21 of the BOR, Mr Li suggests that the most effective change would be to treat overseas officers who could establish their status as permanent residents in
in the same way as local officers by eliminating differences in treatment in recruitment, transfer to permanent and pensionable establishment and renewal of contracts.
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