Read the full judgment text of HCAL 000013/1997 on BabelCite. This High Court CFI judgment was delivered on 22 January 1998.
1. The Applicants are mother and daughter. They came to Hong Kong from mainland China. Last February, the Director of Immigration ordered their removal from Hong Kong and their return to China. Their appeal against those removal orders to the Immigration Tribunal was dismissed, and their petition to the Governor and the Secretary for Security for permission to remain in Hong Kong was rejected. The basis of their claim to be permitted to stay in Hong Kong was that under the Basic Law the daughter