... relaxed a visa policy that opened the floodgates for mainlanders to visit Hong Kong, the local population had been warmer and more welcoming toward their cousins from across the border. Still, cross-b ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-13
... ed travel visa arrangements in some Chinese provinces and cities. EL/AC ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-12
... e Chinese visa scheme by Hong Kong residents. They are angry at the visitors' behavior which has been blamed for shortages of basic goods, rising prices, overcrowding and falling hygiene and sanitatio ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-12
... and eased visa-issuance rules have led to a surge in Chinese visitors to Japan in the recent past. The number totaled 2.5 million in 2014, up 83 percent from the previous year. Chinese tourist volume ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-11
... obtain a visa to visit Hong Kong, 70 minutes across the Pearl River by boat. In the past, he had made the trips two or three times a year, mainly for pleasure but also doing some shopping -- buying i ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-09
... ple-entry visa policy should be abolished, up nearly 7 points from a year earlier, while only 7.1 percent disagreed. Of the respondents, 62.6 percent said individual tourists from mainland have inconv ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-05
... ndividual visa scheme for travel to Hong Kong, just days after announcing it in a high-profile media opportunity. His reason: it's not easy. Earlier, National People's Congress deputy Stanley Ng dista ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-04
... raudulent visas to give birth, the report said. Giving birth in the US is a tactic aimed at ensuring American citizenship for the children. Many agencies openly advertise services called "maternity h ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-04
... lti-entry visas offered to Shenzhen residents, which allow them unlimited visits to Hong Kong. However, any caps on mainland visitor numbers can be put in place only with the consent of both the centr ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-04
... ation and visa application procedures to cap the visitor numbers. It is true that Hong Kong government has been slack in responding to locals' mounting rancor, but the truth is that multi-entry visas ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-03
... immigrant visa for some countries. The third wave of emigration is right around the corner, and it is different from the previous two, a report in the Hong Kong Economic Journal Monthly said. The firs ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-02
... plans on visa arrangements. Security Bureau chief Lai Tung-kwok also said the government is doing its utmost in cracking down on parallel trading. But he stressed that it is a problem that cannot be ...More
EJ Insight2015-03-02
... business visa or a multiple-entry permit and stay for short periods on a regular basis. On the other hand, many working class mainlanders now also travel to Hong Kong to work illegally in different i ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-26
... ple entry visas to the territory. Such a visa enables them to travel to the city without limit, and this has led to the growth of parallel-goods trading across the border. Mainlanders make huge purcha ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-25
... Hong Kong visa applications. As for the Hong Kong government, one cannot argue with the notion that mainland visitors are a very important pillar for the local retail sector and the overall economy. ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-23
... taining a visa under an investment immigration program. Now, he is a boss at a travel agency in South Korea and also runs two hostels in that country. Chan worked as a tour guide initially after gradu ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-23
... residency visas are granted to foreigners who invest a minimum of US$500,000 in condos or other resort accommodations on Jeju Island. The F-2 visa can be upgraded to an F-5 permanent residency visa af ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-18
South Korea's southern Jeju island is shaping up as a serious gaming rival to Macau. Jeju has its advantages. The island is the only place in the country that Chinese can visit without a visa and it's ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-17
... a British visa that is separate from the common visa that covers members of the European Union’s Schengen open-border zone. The Schengen visa allows free movement among rival destinations including F ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-16
... relaxing visa access to Chinese. “Our hotels and food are not cheap. We need new attractions," Lam said. “Over the past 10 years, individual travelers have come from 49 cities in the mainland. The du ...More
EJ Insight2015-02-16
