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1. Pursuant to the remitter ordered by this Court in its judgment of 30 July 2002 (“ the July 2002 judgment ”), Hartmann J dealt with certain factual issues in relation to 19 of the applicants in this appeal who claimed a right of abode in Hong Kong on the ground that they qualified under the Concession Policy announced by the Government on 26 June 1999 (“ the Concession Policy ”). On 23 August 2006, the Judge submitted a report of his findings on these factual issues (“ the Third Report ”) so t