Hong Kong Special Administrative Region passport

The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region Passport (traditional Chinese: 香港特別行政區護照) is an international travel document that is issued to permanent residents of Hong Kong who are citizens of the People's Republic of China.^[1] In accordance with the Basic Law, since the transfer of sovereignty on 1 July 1997, the passport has been issued by the Immigration Department of the Government of Hong Kong under the prerogative of the Central People's Government of the People's Republic of China. As the official languages of Hong Kong are English and Chinese, all the passport's text is bilingual in both Chinese (traditional characters) and English.