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Holmes CHAN

Hong Kong Top Court Affirms Housing, Inheritance Rights For Same-sex Couples

Advocacy group Hong Kong Marriage Equality applauded Tuesday's court rulings and urged the government "to immediately end the exclusion of same-sex couples from marriage" (Credit: AFP)

Hong Kong's top court ruled Tuesday to affirm housing and inheritance entitlements for same-sex couples, siding against the government in favour of LGBTQ rights protection.

The ruling comes after a landmark 2023 decision -- also by the Court of Final Appeal -- shut the door on legalising same-sex marriage, but gave the government two years to set up a framework for other rights for such couples.

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