... ngle-trip visa mechanism. Such visas were granted by the Chinese government to its people, to enable family reunions in Hong Kong, at the rate of up to 150 visas per day. Due to the flow of immigrants ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-08
... ill get a visa to come to Britain. In one case, an 11-year-old girl from London was married on Skype to a 25-year-old man in Bangladesh, Freedom's founder Aneeta Prem said. The girl, who hadn't unders ...More
EJ Insight2016-03-01
... to review visa arrangements for Chinese people wanting to go to Hong Kong and lure pro-Beijing businessmen to build a shopping mall selling Hong Kong products in Shenzhen to divert the traffic back to ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-29
... ree-month visa-free stay when they travel to East Malaysia, and they need to apply for a work permit if they want to stay and work there. Also, Islam is designated the national religion only in the We ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-24
Japanese Karate guru Sakumoto Tsuguo was arrested by Hong Kong immigration authorities last Friday on charges of violation of visa conditions, Apple Daily reported. Sakumoto was arrested at the Hong K ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-22
... g Macau’s visa policy as an example. He said: “The day that Macau faces a demand problem is when all 1.4 billion people in China are allowed to enter Macau when they desire. The number of Chinese visi ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-13
Nearly 5,000 pregnant mainland women with no prior hospital bookings were refused entry to Hong Kong last year after the government tightened visa regulations. Director of Immigration Eric Chan said t ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-02
... efusal of visa renewals and detention of some foreign journalists. "Most concerning was the refusal by the Government to renew a press card for a French journalist due to an article she published ab ...More
EJ Insight2016-02-01
... the final visa is granted. This practice is nothing new. It is widely used in developed countries, and we should apply it here as well. It will help improve the livelihood of newcomers in the long ter ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-29
... can enjoy visa-free stays of up to several months in some EU member countries and this can mean a world of difference for a person in times of crisis. – Contact us at english@hkej.com CG ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-26
... . Chang’s visa was not renewed by the SAR authorities later that year and his successor waited for more than 13 months for his Hong Kong visa to assume the post. In 2005, Ma, serving as Taipei mayor, ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-21
... by easing visa rules and expanding the range of duty-free items. A weaker local currency was the biggest draw, experts say, as foreign visitors took advantage of the charms of a country long reputed t ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-20
... two-year visa by almost 75 percent from 324 pounds to 85 pounds. Under the two-year pilot scheme, successful applicants will be allowed to make multiple trips to the UK and stay up to six months at a ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-16
... grant us visa-free treatment and preferential trade arrangements is because they believe our city is a free port different from the rest of China under "One Country Two Systems". Once that difference ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-14
... ould be advisable to have a valid BNO passport at all times as a safety measure, because having a BNO is always better than having none. Here are the reasons why: 1. BNO holders can currently travel t ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-11
... mainland visa only deepens the mystery. But as it turns out, Lee is a British citizen, a holder of a UK passport, as confirmed by the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office. Britain, in fact, has e ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-07
... mployment visa had expired, was found bleeding by her Filipino friend at a subdivided flat on the second floor of State Theatre Building on King's Road shortly after 10 a.m. Wednesday. Police and para ...More
EJ Insight2016-01-07
... hort-term visa by the Singapore consulate. That allowed her to stay in Singapore for a week but she was unable to get a student visa as she holds a Pakistani passport. She sought help from LHF and her ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-31
... m of work visa expiration, the labor activist said. The government should at least provide shelter for the workers while they fight court cases, Tang said. -- Contact us at english@hkej.com BT/AC/RC ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-28
... training visa only to find out the company filed no application for it. CRCC Asia co-founder Edward Holroyd Pearce said Tuesday that they had no such intern. “Our standard procedure for all students ...More
EJ Insight2015-12-25
