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KC
your basic
attitude then,
you process
So what
how do you is them, what's in your mind when you get an application?
NWB
its Well,
handled by two New Zealand, the Immigration
departments government
our and Department
in
Trade Department. The Trade Department handles it from the point of view of the person's entrepreneurial and business skills
here their background and
and their
to work suitability to
in the productively
sort of economy that New Zealand's and then got
the Immigration Department people process
So its normal procedures.
a two-track them through their system.
KC
from Hong Kong
But New Zealand does welcome then people with entrepreneurial background skills experience.
NWB
Indeed, its
over
all people from you know, we've we're short of skills
a global policy, we welcome people the world. We're а small economy as only got three million people and so we welcome people from all countries.
KC
Do
in fact you New Zealand now?
have
many Hong Kong
Chinese
living
in
NWB
Not
numbers
but
the over
last increasing but find in cities
yet Kit,
we have been numbers that
you for example.
two
three or don't have
years
the
in
the large
or Australia
Canada
KC
Do
you know
the sort
of people
who are
applying to you have they already applied to Canada and Australia and been knocked back or is it that New Zealand is their first choice for some reason?
NWB
It's difficult to
I say.
think
of them would some
have
applied to
to one or two countries. Not necessarily a question of being knocked back, its just applying and seeing what two or three countries can offer.
KC
because
one
To what extent is New Zealand a country which has an entre- preneurial style of
like economy
Hong Kong does hear that it's really a very socialist country.
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