Ng Shiu-kwan has been waiting for the chance of a reunion with her children who live on the mainland for decades. Now her dream might finally come true.
Ng, 65, a widow living in Sham Shui Po since her husband died three years ago, has been hoping for years to see her son and two daughters.
The daughters are now 40 and 32 and the son 38. Ng came to Hong Kong in 1986 to join her husband, leaving her children behind.
'I am living alone and nobody in Hong Kong cares about me,' Ng said. Her daughter visited her this month on a tourist visa, which only allowed her to stay for seven days.
'We cried when she had to leave. Now I am alone and far away from my family in Enping, Guangdong,' Ng said.
The government announced a new policy yesterday. The grown-up children of Hong Kong people on the mainland will now be eligible to apply for right of abode in the city - as long as they were under 14 when one of their natural parents became a Hong Kong resident before November 1, 2001.