Nationality Law

15 May 2012

'Fruit money' is not a fundamental right of elderly residents, a court ruled, as it dismissed a challenge to the requirement that old-age allowance recipients live continuously in Hong Kong for...

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Who gets to call a new land home?

9 May 2012

Citizens of a country enjoy the right to reside, work and receive an education in that country. In most cases, they have the right to vote and are entitled to social welfare, including pensions...

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Action on dual citizenship sought

28 Apr 2012

Lawmakers have warned it is time to take action over the growing problem of mainlanders illegally holding dual citizenship.

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Nationality of Bo's spouse is now in doubt

13 Apr 2012

A Xinhua report that made an unusual reference to the wife of Chongqing's embattled former party chief as Bo-Gu Kailai is fuelling further speculation about the couple.

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A win and a loss for couple in residency fight

4 Nov 2011

A win and a loss was the tally for a Filipino couple - both of whom have been in Hong Kong more than 20 years - when judgment was handed down yesterday in the second of three major right of abode...

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HK must seek Beijing ruling on right of abode for maids, Ip says

3 Oct 2011

The government should seek a central government interpretation of the Basic Law over the right of abode ruling concerning foreign domestic workers, lawmaker Regina Ip Lau Suk-yee said yesterday....

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Opinion

Worrying economic parallels between China and India

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Howard Winn

Elsie Leung caught up in Rusal's byzantine politics

3:35AM

Basic Law 'allows for restrictions on residency'

The Basic Law allows immigration laws to exclude groups of people - including domestic helpers - from becoming permanent residents, government lawyers argued yesterday.

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Politicising helpers issue does not help

In 10 days the High Court is due to begin hearing a judicial review of the government's denial of the right of abode to foreign domestic helpers.

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Old-age payout rule a 'violation'

A 72-year-old man has filed a legal challenge to the requirement that a recipient of old-age allowance live continuously for a year in the city. He says it infringes his right to social welfare...

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A fair place for helpers, a better city for us all

Discrimination is illegal in Hong Kong. That's made plain by the Basic Law, the constitutional document by which our lives are governed. It guarantees that all 'residents shall be equal before the...

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Letters

Canada's change of citizenship rules makes perfect sense

I refer to the report ('Canadian expats fear citizenship changes', February 8).

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Grandad, why aren't we Canadian?

Canadians in Hong Kong are worried about rules soon to take effect that will strip their future grandchildren of the right to Canadian citizenship.

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