my husband is not born in Hong Kong but he is an ex government servant. We returned to Hong Kong to get our HKID and HKSAR passport in 2012 because the HKSAR passport can travel to far more places without visa than US passport.
He was given an HKSAR passport based on 7 years' residence despite being a US citizen after 2008?? Is he of Chinese descent?
So if we do not set foot in HKG, say, between 2017 and 2020, he would lose his Right to Abode? But based on what you said, the "loss" is relatively trivial, in certain sense, so nothing to worry about?
If he doesn't have an HKSAR passport, then yes he could lose RoA, but it doesn't matter if HK is not going to be your home (and you can regain RoA with a further 7 years' residence)
If he has an HKSAR passport then he can't lose RoA even if he never goes to HK again, but I don't understand how he would get one unless he renounced his US citizenship or is regarded as a PRC(HK) citizen by descent (Chinese ancestors who were not permanent residents of his birth country at the time he was born).
btw, it's piques not picks
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Reading this picks my curiosity