... d relaxed visa procedures, according to Bloomberg Intelligence. A rising backlash against mainland tourists has also hurt Hong Kong’s appeal. Jones Lang expects street rents in Central to drop a furth ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-28
... x-monthly visa at the Public Security Bureau in Beijing. The officer on the other side of the table had the right to grant – or not to grant – an extension of the visa. A refusal meant the end of the ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-22
... Jetco and Visa payWave systems. The HKMA has yet to hold any parties accountable for the security risk as it needs more technical details about what has gone wrong, deputy chief executive Arthur Yuen ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-20
... s working visa application to the Immigration Department. However, the department said it wouldn’t require applicants to sign such statement when dealing with working visa applications. -- Contact u ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-19
... d market. Visa policy Britain has been encouraging Chinese mainlanders to visit, study, work or buy property in the country. “We want as many mainland Chinese tourists to come to London as possible,” ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-19
... providing visa-free travel for Turkish nationals and a readmission agreement that will allow European countries to return migrants to Turkey, the Wall Street Journal reports citing Prime Minister Ahme ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-19
... date for visa-free travel to the EU for Turkish citizens and reenergizing the talks over Turkey’s accession to the bloc, the report said. -- Contact us at [email protected] RA/RC ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-16
... her relax visa restrictions on mainlanders. Li Gang, director of Beijing's Liaison Office, said the central government is planning to ramp up support for Macau's economy and tourism. [Chinese version中 ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-14
... such as a Visa (PayWave), MasterCard (PayPass), American Express or JCB card. In tests conducted by reporters, Banking Card Reader could retrieve cardholder information in one second, while Cardtest c ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-13
... ons where visa requirements have been eased, while travel to Hong Kong is still hampered by policy restrictions. To many mainlanders, Hong Kong has been checked so many times on their bucket list. The ...More
EJ Insight2015-10-01
... xation of visa policies by several countries, local activities deemed hostile to mainland travelers, and a substantial depreciation of Asian currencies against the Chinese renminbi and the Hong Kong d ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-30
... example, Visa Korea launched a video campaign on Facebook over the holidays last year featuring Korean actress Park Shin-hye (朴信惠) which eased consumer concerns over online shopping with credit cards ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-23
... Inc. and Visa Inc. He was dismissed when a New York court ruled that FIFA had "lied repeatedly" during World Cup sponsorship negotiations with MasterCard, but eight months later he was re-hired as se ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-18
... y tourist visas to Chinese and abolished a requirement that the applicant had a certain level of income; the visa can be extended to five years. Retailers have hired Mandarin-speaking personnel. It ha ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-17
... Corp., a Visa Inc. licensee, and Heartland Payment Systems Inc. Drinkman, of Moscow and Syktyvkar, Russia, faces up to 30 years in prison on the wire fraud conspiracy count when he is sentenced on Ja ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-16
... rCard and Visa as well as cards issued by banks such as Bank of America and US Bank. Google said Citigroup and Wells Fargo would also be added to the list in the next few days. As part of security, th ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-11
... ames like Visa Inc. and MasterCard Inc. This latest move is part of a larger new tie-up between Marriott and Alipay, which is part of the Alibaba-affiliated but separately owned Ant Financial. The tie ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-08
... o tighten visa arrangements for those crossing the border from the north. Retail sales only registered a slight drop last month from a year earlier. Many pro-establishment politicians said the current ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-07
... e granted visa-free privileges to HKSAR passport holders than to People's Republic of China passport holders because the international community widely regards us as special and different from the res ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-02
... ned their visa restrictions on mainland tourists while currency rates encouraged them to visit other places. Wu expects a continued decline in the number of mainland visitors to Hong Kong. He said loc ...More
EJ Insight2015-09-01
