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general impression, it's no more than that, the outflow of people from Hong
Kong including professionals is something which is going to continue as
people look for insurance policies. But what's happening at the moment
is that economies in their traditional areas of migration are not doing
well, Canadian economy is not doing well, Australian economy is not doing
well, the American economy is not doing that well, and so people going are
finding it difficult to get jobs and there is a greater tendancy for people
once they establish themselves and a right of residence in those places
to come back and work in Hong Kong, where the opportunity to get jobs are
extremely good and the chances of being successful are far greater than
on the places that they have migrated to. But that is just an overall general
impression.
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A. Not that I know of. If somebody gets a British passport, a full UK passport,
under this scheme they can come in and out of the UK like anybody else with a British passport and there wouldn't normally be a special arrangement,
do you mean special sort of reception arrangement? (Question continued)
I would doubt it very much and quite frankly I would doubt very much if
it was needed I mean I cannot think of a more talented entrepeneurial bunch
of people than those in Hong Kong. I don't think they will need any special
assistance at all.
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