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1. News - Hong Kong - RESIDENCY

   Domestic helper is happier back home, says employer

   Posted Mar 28th 2013, 12:00am by Austin Chiu, Simpson Cheung

   ... News Hong Kong Right of Abode Domestic helper Austin Chiu and Simpson Cheung Maid who lost right-of-abode battle will enjoy better life in Philippines, says her former boss One of the two domestic helpers at the centre of this week's right-of-abode case will be happier living in the Philippines than in Hong Kong, her former boss said. Barry Ong said Evangeline Vallejos, 60, had ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1201265/domestic-helper-happier-back-home-says-employer
2. News - Hong Kong

   Mainland China parents can relax on abode issue

   Posted Mar 26th 2013, 12:00am by Stuart Lau

   ... independence and the rule of law". As of last year, at least 200,000 children like Li's daughter had been born in the city since the Court of Final Appeal granted right of abode in 2001 ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1199666/mainland-china-parents-can-relax-abode-issue
3. News - Hong Kong - COURTS

   Request for Beijing's view on right of abode may have wider effect, government admits

   Posted Feb 28th 2013, 12:00am by Austin Chiu

   ... on foreign domestic workers' right of abode, the government has admitted. Barrister David Pannick QC, for the government, made the comment yesterday, on the second day of an appeal lodged by two ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1160388/request-beijings-view-right-abode-may-have-wider-effect-government
4. News - Hong Kong - RIGHT OF ABODE

   Barristers call for children to be represented in right of abode case

   Posted Feb 15th 2013, 12:00am by Patsy Moy

   ... News Hong Kong Right of Abode Barristers Children Patsy Moy patsy.moy@scmp.com Barristers are calling on the justice secretary to appoint a separate counsel to represent children born in Hong Kong to mainland parents who could be affected by a right of abode case involving domestic helpers. The Society for Community Organisation welcomed the Bar Association's call. ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1150428/barristers-call-children-be-represented-right-abode-case
5. News - Hong Kong - RIGHT OF ABODE

   British-born man whose residency status is anything but permanent

   Posted Jan 17th 2013, 12:00am by Austin Chiu

   ... if the law did apply, Man could still be considered a Chinese national because his parents acquired right of abode in Britain only two years after Man was born. Following the decision, the department ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1129616/british-born-man-whose-residency-status-anything-permanent
6. News - Hong Kong

   Top court asked to seek Beijing's advice in abode case

   Posted Dec 13th 2012, 07:32pm by Lai Ying-ki

   ... News Hong Kong Right of Abode in Hong Kong Lai Ying-ki The Department of Justice suggested on Thursday that the city’s top court ask Beijing to clarify an interpretation of the Basic Law it made in 1999, in a bid to resolve legal issues relating to two right of abode cases. Secretary for Justice Rimsky Yuen Kwok-keung said the government wanted a clarification of how much binding ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1104609/top-court-asked-seek-beijings-advice-abode-case
7. News - Hong Kong

   Tensions run high at Legco debate on right of abode

   Posted Dec 14th 2012, 06:56pm by JOANNA CHIU

   ... his concerns about the government’s move. “The requirements for right of abode are outlined in Article 24 of the Basic Law,” he said. “Hong Kong has the right to determine who can ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1105493/tensions-run-high-legco-debate-right-abode
8. News - Hong Kong - COURTS

   Foreign helpers' plea for permanent residency fails

   Posted Mar 25th 2013, 10:39am by Austin Chiu, Patsy Moy

   ... to impose immigration controls. The landmark judgment ended the two-year right-of-abode saga that began when Evangeline Vallejos and Daniel Domingo, two Philippine domestic helpers who had worked ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1199312/hong-kongs-top-court-rejects-domestic-helpers-appeal-permanent
9. News - Hong Kong

   Domestic helpers see Hong Kong as home

   Posted Mar 26th 2013, 12:00am by Stuart Lau

   ... stayed a very long time working for a family. Why can some others [have right of abode] after staying for a long time here?" However, another Filipino helper, Chona Beltran, said she did ...

   http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1199667/domestic-helpers-see-hong-kong-home
10. News - Hong Kong - LETTER OF THE LAW

    Government says it's just an ordinary litigant. Think again

    Posted Mar 05th 2013, 12:00am by MICHAEL DAVIS

    ... general and permanent interest. In the right-of-abode saga, the government has argued that as a litigant it can make use of all available legal tactics - just like a private party in court. ...

    http://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/article/1177264/government-says-its-just-ordinary-litigant-think-again

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