Indigenous New Territories male villagers have enjoyed exclusive property rights for decades. Photo: Winson Wong
Hong Kong courts
Small-house rights of Hong Kong male villagers fully restored after Court of Appeal reverses earlier ruling
- Landmark case centres on policy from 1970s, entitling indigenous men to build a home in their New Territories village
- Court of Appeal overturns earlier ruling that the right was only applicable to private rather than government land
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Hong Kong courts
Indigenous New Territories male villagers have enjoyed exclusive property rights for decades. Photo: Winson Wong