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| posted by hkJay 25 days ago |
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LT - Embassy? Why - isn't the visa issue office a different setup? Is it the place in Great Eagle Ctr in WC?
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| posted by geraldo 25 days ago |
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jetlag had him in the Taiwan embassy ...
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| posted by Load Toad 25 days ago |
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I meant the place at CRC...
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| posted by hkJay 25 days ago |
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I spose its all the same - gov't run in 1 way or another...and inherently a pain in the arse.
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| posted by hkJay 11 days ago |
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AND________________FINALLY________I got my visa!
I must be an undesirable because although I applied for the 1yr multi-entry @ 30 days each, I was rewarded with only a 2 entry visa @ 30 days each, valid until Sept.....
Perhaps the hope is that I'll use one entry for work and the other to visit the Olympics!
Beyond that, I have the added glee of coughing up an extra HKD490 for having a UK passport!
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| posted by Load Toad 11 days ago |
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I still don't have my 'Visa Letter' - useless.
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| posted by hkJay 11 days ago |
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I'm sure it's driving you up the wall, not being able to go to dirtland!
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| posted by Load Toad 11 days ago |
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It's costing me money and probably a client. I've started to discuss with an Indian company about switching some of my business out of China if I can - f**k 'em.
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| posted by hkJay 11 days ago |
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Why not Vietnam, Thailand or such? India is fine but QC can be even more nightmarish.....as I'm sure you've had the joy of experiencing...
Unfortunately for me, I don't think Foxconn is going to re-allocate projects it's 170,000 Shenzhen workforce do, to India too soon.
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| posted by Load Toad 11 days ago |
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I'm having a meeting in HK on 6th with guys from Malaysia, Vietnam & India and a couple of Europeans blokes about sorting something out - I don't much like being f**ked about...and you are what you drink and I'm a bitter man...to quote the MacLads.
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| posted by Load Toad 11 days ago (edited 11 days ago) |
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The HK govt has done f**k all to help with the visa debacle - it's spent millions on a horse riding event that will be watched at best by an elitist few - it will not encourage any additional tourist dollars and it'll be over in a week.
I hope they've saved some money for those HK companies and people that are getting f**ked over and losing clients and business because of this.
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| posted by hkJay 11 days ago |
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Well, there's a team lead by Tsang going up north to see how HK can help with the earth quake....I see nothing wrong with this, but I can bet you they had no visa problems!
It's pretty bizarre.....I've got a 16 year track record of doing business/getting visas into China, am a permanent res in HK, have an invitation letter from my PRC agent..............LIVED in Yangzhou for a year.........but am obviously a THREAT
And the gov't is busy ensuring that what tourists do come to HKG are offered 10$ coupons to spend at Ngong Ping when the cable car doesn't work......What's that....a small bottle of water after a 40 minute bus ride up there?
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| posted by hkJay 11 days ago |
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That about sums it up LT....
And now, for a pictorial news flash - This was the scene of the pre-Olympic opening ceremony party in Tiananmen Square:
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| posted by hkJay 11 days ago |
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Hey - who posted that using my name? I'm all for the current visa restrictions......... on entry?
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| posted by beautyqueen 11 days ago |
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Used to have a subscription of The Atlantic Monthly, never expected to come across it on this site. Like James, he used to cover China...um, for Los Angles Times?
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| posted by hkJay 10 days ago |
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So, we are being monitored....My flight to Tianjin was canceled! And I don't think that the weather will be so bad at 12:50pm - and...I'm sure the plane could fly 'around' the storm!
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| posted by smog 10 days ago |
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I reckon that's just coincidence - there are hardly any cancellations or serious delays at the airport this morning.
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| posted by hkJay 10 days ago |
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I didn't think things were bad enough to cancel a flight. Strange, there's a lot of Air China flights canceled - some quite late this evening!
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