Read the full judgment text of CACV 000276/2006 on BabelCite. This Court of Appeal judgment was delivered on 22 June 2007.
1. A permanent resident status is an important constitutional right as provided for by Article 24 of the Basic Law . Permanent residents ‘shall have the right of abode in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region and shall be qualified to obtain, in accordance with the laws of the Region, permanent identity cards which state their right of abode’ : Article 24. The right of abode means in practical terms not to be deported from Hong Kong.
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