Travel agencies in Hong Kong have complained that the Guangdong government caught them off guard by abruptly suspending the popular "144-hour convenience visa" regime for some tourists. Apple Daily ci ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-10
... gle entry visa scheme for tourists who arrive at the international airport and sea passenger terminal of Vladivostok may kick off from October. Chinese investors The free port has so far received 104 ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-08
... t Chinese visa authorities “are demanding Canadians of Chinese descent apply as Chinese nationals when traveling to China”. The author, Cal Wong, described himself as a Hong Kong-born Australian and s ...More
EJ Insight2016-08-02
... ls need a visa to visit the city. The New York Times once revealed that Beijing sells, through Hong Kong, arms worth US$500 million to Pyongyang every year. Hong Kong maintains far closer economic and ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-29
... ng denied visa-free access to the US. Hong Kong refused to extradite Snowden, who was wanted by Washington for leaking classified information from the US National Security Agency, after former spy cam ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-20
... g relaxed visa restrictions to other tourist destinations and a decreasing overall number of tourists to Hong Kong, are the parks themselves really to blame? Global brand and marketing consultancy Pro ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-18
... countries visa-free after Britain leaves the EU. Many universities in Britain are also worried that they might need to carry out drastic budget cuts in the days ahead as a lot of them have been heavil ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-18
... bringing visa-free access to dozens of desired countries. But not since June 23, when a majority of citizens voted to leave the European Union after 42 years. This means that British people will no l ...More
EJ Insight2016-07-04
... a special visa who stays in a host family as a homestay guest and helps to take care of the family's children. In return, the au pair gets paid and is protected by labor laws. One advantage of au pair ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-30
... e one for visa applications. The nationality group in the city that has witnessed the fastest increase in population is perhaps the French. Alliance Française de Hong Kong notes that the number of Fre ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-29
Canada is pressing China over media reports that authorities are no longer allowing some Canadian citizens born in Hong Kong to visit the mainland on 10-year visas, the foreign ministry in Ottawa said ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-29
... aying his visa. Reimer pretended to be a tourist and looked the part by wearing a blonde wig and speaking with an English accent to an unsuspecting Li, a 49-year-old home redecorator from Hubei provin ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-15
... explained visa delays for an academic seminar in Hong Kong. The Tung Chee-hwa administration categorically denied Beijing had anything to do with these. Recent years have seen improved ties between Ho ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-14
... mes after Visa and MasterCard, the world's two largest credit and debit card companies, have been lobbying for more than a decade for direct access to China's cards market, Reuters noted. Bank card co ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-08
... secure a visa to enter Britain. They also can’t work for a restaurant that offers takeout, must have five years of experience and can’t apply for the most junior chef positions, the Journal said. In ...More
EJ Insight2016-06-03
... ing tool. Visa Inc.’s 2015 Regional eCommerce Monitor Survey showed 22 percent year-on-year growth in mobile shopping across 13 markets in the Asia-Pacific. As young people enter the workforce and beg ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-18
... potential visa violation. Reimer, who has been campaigning to expose fake monks, criticized the deteriorating language skills of the Hong Kong police for being unable to handle a deposition in either ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-16
... Investor Visa. The visa is designed to attract overseas investment and provide a streamlined pathway to permanent residence in Australia for business people from around the world. The investment re ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-11
... nience of visa-free travel for holders of Hong Kong passports, he said. He said others might have been enticed by Hong Kong's simpler tax regime. Many domestic and overseas businesses are eager to rec ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-04
... vision of visa applications and body check services,” Liu said, “as more and more employers come to us after they have found their candidate.” Her firm charges between HK$7,000 (US$902) and HK$9,000 t ...More
EJ Insight2016-05-03
