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CZECH/HONG KONG RELATIONS: PROPOSALS TO ESTABLISH CONSULATE AND
OFFER RIGHT OF ABODE
SUMMARY
1.
CZECHS APPROACH US WITH A REQUEST TO OPEN A CONSULATE GENERAL IN HONG KONG. THEY HAVE UNDER ACTIVE CONSIDERATION A PLAN TO OFFER CZECH CITIZENSHIP TO HONG KONG CITIZENS ABLE TO MAKE A SIGNIFICANT
INVESTMENT.
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2. THE CONSUL WAS TODAY CALLED TO THE MFA TO DISCUSS THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A CZECH CONSULAR PRESENCE IN HONG KONG. HE MET IVO ZDAREK, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF THE 4TH TERRITORY WHICH COVERS SOUTH ASIA AND AUSTRALASIA.
3. THE CZECHS WISH TO OPEN A CONSULATE GENERAL IN HONG KONG AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. THE FORMER CZECHOSLOVAK FEDERATION HAD PLANNED TO OPEN ONE BY THE END OF 1992 AND HAD NOMINATED A CONSUL-GENERAL, MR KRAL, EARLY IN 1992. THESE PLANS HAD TO BE POSTPONED BECAUSE OF THE SPLIT OF THE CZECH AND SLOVAK REPUBLICS ON 1 JANUARY THIS YEAR. THE CZECHS' MAIN INTERESTS IN OPENING THE CONSULATE ARE COMMERCIAL,
VISA AND CONSULAR.
4.
THE TIMING OF THE OPENING WILL DEPEND TO SOME EXTENT ON AVAILABLE FINANCE. THEY PLAN TO CLOSE MISSIONS IN MONGOLIA AND NORTH KOREA IN ORDER TO OPEN THE NEW CONSULATE IN HONG KONG, AN EMBASSY IN SINGAPORE AND A GOVERNMENT OFFICE IN TAIPEI.
5. THEY ARE ALSO CONSIDERING THE ALTERNATIVE (VERY MUCH A SECOND CHOICE) OF APPOINTING AN HONORARY CONSUL IN HONG KONG. A HONG KONG BUSINESSMAN, ALAN HUNG-MING LAM HAS APPROACHED DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTER VONDRA ASKING TO BE APPOINTED HONORARY CONSUL. SPEAKING
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