Restrictions have been eased on Guangdong citizens who want to join their spouses in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) and settle down there, according to a new statute issued by the Ministry of Public Security.
The statute applies to spouses living in Guangdong Province in south China who began their regional separation before June 30, 1994, and permits them to move to Hong Kong as soon as within thisyear.
Children born locally to Hong Kong citizens may have residence there immediately after their identities are verified.
The Guangdong residents will be able visit their spouses in either Hong Kong SAR or Macao SAR without any limitation on time, according to the new statute.
(People's Daily November 11, 2002)
