A five-year-old adopted mainland girl at the centre of a residency row yesterday received a one-way permit to settle in Hong Kong, sparking calls to mainland authorities to approve similar cases.
Mak Ka-yee, five, obtained her one-way permit from the Qingyuan city public security bureau yesterday, a week after the mainland authorities withheld it and requested verification documents from the Immigration Department in Hong Kong.
The girl's mother, Mak Heung So-ping, said: 'Winning a $20 million Mark Six could not make me any happier than I am today. Money is not as important to my husband and me as our daughter.'
Mrs Mak said she was worried that Ka-yee would be denied the one-way permit again when she set off for the trip with her daughter yesterday morning.
'My daughter was so happy after she got the document. She said to me: 'Mummy, this time it really is true',' Mrs Mak said.
The Sunday Morning Post revealed on March 3 that Qingxin County Public Security Bureau had told the family the permit for the girl they had been seeking since 1997 was approved and awaiting collection.
However, when Mrs Mak arrived in Qingyuan city on March 1, officials refused to issue it and said they needed some verification documents from the SAR Immigration Department.
