Read the full judgment text of HCAL 000037/1999 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 1 April 1999.
1. On Tuesday, the Court of First Instance handed down judgment in Lau Kong Yung v. The Director of Immigration (HCAL 20/99 and HCAL 21/99) Both cases related to 17 people who had been born on the mainland. They claimed to have the right of abode in Hong Kong because at least one of their parents is a Hong Kong permanent resident. They had come to Hong Kong after 10th July 1997, which is the date on which the amendments to the Immigration Ordinance (Cap. 115) to give effect to Art. 24 of the Bas