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    As the world moves forward Hong Kong stands still

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    Quote Originally Posted by dynamco:
    it's also time neolithic HKG recognised common law marriage couples and allowed the spouse dependent rights also
    Do you actually think Beijing will allow HK to recognise this?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Flat Hunter:
    Do you actually think Beijing will allow HK to recognise this?
    What does it have to do with foreign affairs or national security?

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    You actually think that Beijing is only concerned with foreign affairs or national security when it comes to HK?

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    Carrie Lam and a few of her cabinet believe in one of the gods that doesn't like certain types of people.
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    The govt case is being presented..

    Before a five-judge panel in court on Monday, lawyers representing the Director of Immigration said Hong Kong is not obliged to recognise civil partnerships or adopt policies to benefit those who have entered into them abroad.
    Appeal begins over same-sex spousal visas - RTHK

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    Could a pro-authoritarian poster please explain why the CCP is so anti-LBTGQ+


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    Quote Originally Posted by East_coast:
    Could a pro-authoritarian poster please explain why the CCP is so anti-LBTGQ+
    Could be a long wait.

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    Quote Originally Posted by East_coast:
    Could a pro-authoritarian poster please explain why the CCP is so anti-LBTGQ+
    IMHO they aren't really, they are just against minority groups getting together demanding more rights in general.

    The HK government on the other hand seems to be against gay rights with an almost inquisitional fervor
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    So being a 'married' person whose husband resides in UK for years she can claim IRD allowance as a 'married' person whilst common law heterosexual couples who actually live together for many years cannot- even worse the partner has to get a Prolong visa status , cannot work and has to depart HKG every six months and go through the whole 6am queue at immigration for visa renewal twice a year.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carrie_Lam
    In recognition of her achievements as Secretary for Development, she was awarded honorary member of the Hong Kong Institute of Landscape Architects, honorary fellow of the Hong Kong Institution of Engineers, Property Person of the Year in the RICS Hong Kong Property Awards 2012, honorary member of the Hong Kong Institute of Architects, honorary member of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors, honorary fellow member of the Hong Kong Institute of Architectural Conservationists, and honorary fellow of the Institution of Civil Engineers.

    During the 2012 Chief Executive election, Lam cracked down on the unauthorised building works of Chief Executive candidate Henry Tang who was contesting Leung Chun-ying. That scandal put paid to Tang’s hopes of becoming Chief Executive. Leung was later found to also have unauthorised building works at his house. Lam was criticised for letting him get away with it.

    Hypocrite:
    https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/...-justice-chief
    https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/...ending-justice
    Scandal weighs heavily on HK's new justice secretary | Asia Times


    After graduation, Lam attended the University of Hong Kong majoring in social work. She organised exchange trips to Tsinghua University.
    Through her student activism, she came to know Lee Wing-tat and Sin Chung-kai who later became prominent pro-democrat legislators.
    To better understand society and participate more actively in student activities, she switched her course of study from social work to sociology after the first year to avoid placements.
    Lam eventually graduated with a Bachelor of Social Sciences in 1980.
    In 1982, the Hong Kong Government funded her studies at Cambridge University where she met her future husband, mathematician Lam Siu-por
    In 1984, Carrie Lam married mathematician Lam Siu-por,(dob 1954) whom she met while studying at Cambridge.
    https://scholars.croucher.org.hk/scholars/lam-siu-por
    Lam Siu-por used to teach at the Chinese University of Hong Kong and retired to England, but has since taught some short courses at the Capital Normal University in Beijing
    The couple have two sons, Jeremy and Joshua, who studied in England
    Their elder son Jeremy joined Xiaomi, electronics and software company in Beijing in April 2016.
    https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/...denies-keeping
    Her husband and both sons are British citizens, while Carrie herself renounced her British citizenship to take up the principal official post in the Hong Kong SAR government in 2007

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