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Hong Kong Residency
The Hong Kong Basic Law classifies residents of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region () as either permanent residents or non-permanent residents. Hong Kong residents have rights under the Basic Law including freedom of speech, freedom of movement and freedom of religion, freedom of religious belief. Permanent residents Hong Kong permanent residents have the right of abode in Hong Kong and the right to vote in elections for the Legislative Council of Hong Kong, Legislative Council and the District Council of Hong Kong, District Council. It is also the ''de facto'' citizenship status in Hong Kong because most of citizen rights are associated with the right of abode. However, Hong Kong permanent residents are not entitled to a Hong Kong Special Administrative Region passport, Hong Kong passport or stand for office in some Legislative Council of Hong Kong, Legislative Council constituencies, unless they are also naturalised Chinese nationality law, Chinese citizens. Under th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Kong Basic Law
The Basic Law of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China is a national law of China that serves as the organic law for the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR). Comprising nine chapters, 160 articles and three annexes, the Basic Law was composed to implement Annex I of the 1984 Sino-British Joint Declaration. The Basic Law was enacted under the Constitution of China when it was adopted by the National People's Congress on 4 April 1990 and came into effect on 1 July 1997 when Hong Kong was transferred from the United Kingdom to China. It replaced Hong Kong's colonial constitution of the Letters Patent and the Royal Instructions. Drafted on the basis of the Joint Declaration, the Basic Law lays out the basic policies of China on Hong Kong, including the " one country, two systems" principle, such that the socialist governance and economic system then practised in mainland China would not be extended to Hong Kong. Instead, Ho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |