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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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