Badly affected by mainland's visa rules
The article by James Tien Pei-chun ('Closed-door policy', May 2), sums up what thousands of foreign passport holders are feeling here in Hong Kong.
I am a German passport holder and a permanent Hong Kong resident, having lived here for almost 10 years. I run a small buying office for fashion brands exported to Italy and Denmark and the new visa policies have affected me very badly.
Over the past decade I have made hundreds of trips across the border on business, usually returning the same day. After the imposition of these new rules I was given a visa which permitted me to stay in Shenzhen only, making it impossible to visit my suppliers.
I feel very sad and disappointed at this development after so many years investing, training and simply helping our suppliers on the mainland and feeding them with orders.
The situation is terrible and many of my fellow business people who usually cross the border three times or more a week in peak production times are finding it almost impossible to operate.