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18 Sep 2020, 16:11 GMT+10
In the judgment handed down Friday, Judge Anderson Chow said the exclusion of spouses in same-sex marriages from their legal entitlements "constitutes unlawful discrimination".
The judge said "differential treatment is not justified".
LGBT rights activists with campaign group Hong Kong Marriage Equality described the ruling as an "important victory".
"The government should seize this opportunity to work with the LGBT+ community to implement marriage equality in the city," the association said.
Excitement about the legal win was tempered however by a separate ruling on Friday that rejected an application for a judicial review into Hong Kong's law on recognising overseas gay marriage.
In 2018, the city announced that overseas same-sex partners would qualify for the right to live and work in Hong Kong, but other rights are still denied to same-sex couples.
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