Individual Visit Scheme

10 May 2013

In a pre-recorded interview with RTHK, Lu blamed the influx on the individual visit scheme, which he said was "too open".

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Dealing with tourist influx requires joined-up thinking

16 Mar 2013

The Individual Visit Scheme launched a decade ago has facilitated visits to Hong Kong by millions of mainland Chinese, greatly benefiting the city. However, recent controversies associated with...

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Individual visit scheme to Hong Kong 'shouldn't be expanded', says tourism chief

17 Feb 2013

Tourism Board chairman James Tien Pei-chun and Rita Fan Hsu Lai-tai, a member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, made the remarks separately yesterday in response to the...

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Milk powder row triggers calls for review of visit scheme

4 Feb 2013

Tourism Board chairman and Liberal Party lawmaker James Tien Pei-chun said he welcomed measures to clamp down on trading of the milk powder, but called for an end to the scheme's multi-entry...

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Briefs, November 29, 2012

29 Nov 2012

The State Council vowed yesterday to tighten laws on the expropriation of farmland, warning that the problem risked fuelling rural unrest and undermined food security.

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Should Hong Kong now curb the number of mainland Chinese visitors it lets in?

29 Sep 2012

Anger continues to increase among Hong Kong people towards the rising number of mainland visitors coming to the city each day. The latest crackdown on parallel trading has fuelled further...

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Hongkongers want solo travel scheme scaled down

The individual visit scheme for mainland tourists should be scaled down because of its negative impact on the city, according to half the Hongkongers surveyed in a poll released on Friday.

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New Shenzhen visitor plan to be re-assessed

The mainland has agreed not to issue multiple-visit permits to non-residents of Shenzhen for three weeks until there had been further assessment of its impact on Hong Kong, Chief Executive Leung...

10:04PM

Unions demand more staff to meet Shenzhen rush

Immigration unions are demanding the appointment of 400 extra staff members to cope with an expected increase in the number of mainland visitors following Shenzhen’s relaxation of the Individual...

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TOURISM

Talks to discuss influx of visitors to Hong Kong from Shenzhen

Hong Kong will discuss with Shenzhen how to control the influx in visitors with administrative measures, according to a source.

From next month, changes in permit rules will allow 4.1...

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Visa relaxation

New Territories residents protest Shenzhen influx

Residents from the New Territories on Wednesday protested outside the government’s headquarters in Admiralty against Shenzhen’s plan to allow non-residents to visit Hong Kong on multiple-entry...

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Tourism needs to strike right balance

With tourism one of the world's fastest growing industries, no one wants to miss out. For decades, it has been an economic lifeline for Hong Kong's retail, hotel, transport and catering...

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