HONG KONG: INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT
France:
FRG:
implementing scheme to provide right of entry for employees of French companies and their
families.
at a recent seminar on Hong Kong held in
Berlin, Helmut Schaefer, Minister of State in
the Auswaertiges Amt, confirmed that the FRG
had promised to offer residence status to
managerial staff and their families working for German companies in Hong Kong.
Belgium:
Luxembourg:
has announced scheme to offer one year renewable visas to some 50 employees of
Belgian companies.
has announced one year renewable multiple
entrance visa for employees of Luxembourg companies in Hong Kong.
Other EC
countries:
Singapore:
several are still considering what they can
do to help.
already implementing a scheme to give residence status in Singapore to up to 25,000
blue collar workers and their families,
without there having to leave the territory
for some years. of some 20,000 applications
received so far, 8,605 have been approved but
only 588 have taken up residence (and all but
94 of these were already working in
Singapore).
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