"Can ordinary law make a constitutional status or right
dependent upon a favourable exercise of an administrative
discretion or, failing that, a successful administrative appeal
or, failing even that, a successful judicial review challenge? In
my view, such a state of affairs would be unconstitutional."
至於「以香港為永久居住地」的定義是什麼?李義法官在同一案的判辭中說:
"The intention must be to reside, and the steps taken by the
applicant must be with a view to residing, in Hong Kong
permanently or indefinitely, rather than for a limited period.
Such intention and conduct must also be addressed to Hong
Kong alone as the applicant's only place of permanentresidence."