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Landlord and Tenant Act (with variations) is a stock short title used for legislation about rights and responsibilities of landlords and tenants of leasehold estate in many Canadian provinces and territories, Hong Kong, the United Kingdom and the United States.
British Hong Kong – The Convention for the Extension of Hong Kong Territory resulted in the 99-year lease of the New Territories from the Qing Empire to the British Empire in 1898. Hong Kong Island and the Kowloon Peninsula had already been ceded to the British in perpetuity after the Opium Wars .
Halsbury's Laws of Hong Kong is an encyclopaedia on the laws of Hong Kong–based on the model of the Halsbury's Laws of England and is currently the only encyclopaedic legal work in Hong Kong. [1] It covers 80 subject areas and is written by prominent legal experts in Hong Kong.
Hong Kong’s top court has ruled in favour of equal inheritance and subsidised housing benefits for same-sex couples, marking a landmark win for LGBTQ+ rights in the city. The Court of Final ...
A CBRE report from 2019 lists Hong Kong as having the highest average property price in the world. [20] As of June 2021, an average 500 sqft apartment cost HK$9.44 million in Hong Kong Island, HK$8.32 million in Kowloon, and HK$7 million in New Territories; an average family would have to save for about 20.7 years to pay for such a unit. [21]
A Hong Kong court on Thursday rejected a fresh bail application for pro-democracy activist and lawyer Chow Hang-tung, whose subversion trial under a China-imposed national security law is expected ...
SHARPER LAWS. While Chinese and Hong Kong government officials said the 2020 law was vital to restoring stability, the new package has long been required under Hong Kong's mini-constitution, known ...
The Court of Final Appeal has recognized that provision on rights in HKBORO continue to override contravening laws: The Hong Kong Bill of Rights Ordinance… in fact provides for the incorporation of the provisions of the ICCPR into the laws of Hong Kong…. by virtue of art 39(2) of the Basic Law, a restriction on either freedom [in BORO or ...