Why couldn’t Hong Kong people sit down and think twice about the judgement for the foreign servants? Many people are quite short-sighted because they can just see the drawbacks if we allow the servants have the right to apply for the right of abode. They would like our Government to jump from the Court of First Instance to the Standing Committee of National People’s Congress to seek a judgement that they like. But can we expect the same thing can happen on our alienable human rights and our valuable private properties?
If the NPCSC can overrule any judgements of Hong Kong courts, Hong Kong will just be a city as any cities of the People’s Republic of China. We can no longer secure our legal rights against our governments if the judgements damage the benefits of the Hong Kong Government or most Hong Kong people. How can we trust the belief of each contract if the black and white in our Basic Law cannot be trusted?
We should abide by the black and white in Basic Law. The only way to “correct” the “incorrect result” is to amend the Basic Law through Article 159. Only after a thorough discussion and careful thought about the wordings, the new Amendments will be more difficult to be challenged. The problems raised from the right of abode since 1997 can only be solved.