Hong Kong’s High Court on Friday ruled that the city’s Home Ownership Scheme rules were discriminatory against gay couples. Photo: Felix Wong
Hong Kong’s High Court on Friday ruled that the city’s Home Ownership Scheme rules were discriminatory against gay couples. Photo: Felix Wong
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Hong Kong gay couple wins High Court battle as judge rules ‘oppressively unfair’ subsidised housing policy discriminatory

  • The case brought by Henry Li and the now-deceased Edgar Ng, centred on the married couple’s ability to live together in a Home Ownership Scheme flat
  • Justice Anderson Chow rules Housing Authority ‘singularly failed’ to produce reliable evidence to substantiate argument

Hong Kong’s High Court on Friday ruled that the city’s Home Ownership Scheme rules were discriminatory against gay couples. Photo: Felix Wong
Hong Kong’s High Court on Friday ruled that the city’s Home Ownership Scheme rules were discriminatory against gay couples. Photo: Felix Wong
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