Director of Immigration v Chong Fung Yuen
| Director of Immigration v. Chong Fung Yuen | |
|---|---|
| Court | Court of Final Appeal |
| Full case name | Director of Immigration v. Master Chong Fung Yuen, an infant, by his grandfather and next friend Chong Yiu Shing |
| Decided | 20 July 2001 |
| Citation | [2001] 2 HKLRD 533 |
| Transcript | text |
| Case history | |
| Prior actions | Chong Fung Yuen v. Director of Immigration, HCAL 67/1999 Director of Immigration v. Chong Fung Yuen, CACV 61/2000 |
| Court membership | |
| Judges sitting | Chief Justice Andrew Li; permanent judges Kemal Bokhary, Patrick Chan, and Robert Ribeiro; non-permanent judge Anthony Mason |
| Case opinions | |
| Decision by | Chief Justice Andrew Li |
Director of Immigration v. Chong Fung Yuen was a 2001 case in Hong Kong's Court of Final Appeal. Chief Justice Andrew Li, in the Court's unanimous opinion, affirmed lower court decisions that Chinese citizens born in Hong Kong enjoyed the right of abode regardless of the Hong Kong immigration status of their parents. The case touched on issues of interpretation of the Hong Kong Basic Law, both common law interpretation by courts in Hong Kong as well as interpretation by the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPCSC) of the People's Republic of China. Professor Albert Chen of the University of Hong Kong describes the case as part of a "period of elaboration and consolidation of the regime of rights in the Hong Kong SAR", lasting roughly from 2000 to 2002.