Two days after the Hong Kong government refused to continue to recognize the British National (Overseas) Passport (BNO) as a legal travel document for Hong Kong people, Taiwan confirmed for the first Time that it still accepts Hong Kong people to use the BNO to apply for entry, and the Land Commission allows the Hong Kong government to protect the freedom of Hong Kong people’s rights, Taiwan Causeway Bay bookstore manager Lin Rongji said that if Hong Kong people think there is no future in the local should find ways to emigrate, Taiwan has created a lot of Hong Kong may allow Hong Kong people to come to Taiwan quickly The method.
In Taipei, the Immigration Department said in response to inquiries, according to Article 4 of the Hong Kong-Macau Relations Ordinance, “Hong Kong resident” means a person who has permanent residence status in Hong Kong and does not hold a British National (Overseas) passport or a travel permit other than a Hong Kong passport. According to this provision, Hong Kong residents can still use the BNO to apply for entry documents to Taiwan, and the right of stay or residence of Hong Kong residents who have already used the BNO to enter Taiwan has not been infringed upon.
We found that the webpage of the Taiwan office in Hong Kong regarding Hong Kong residents applying for visas to enter Taiwan still indicates that Hong Kong permanent residents can use the BNO as a document to prove their application.
The Land Commission also pointed out that the current Hong Kong-Macau relations regulations and related legislation, the identification of Hong Kong and Macao residents, as well as the relevant provisions on stay or residence changed, so the rights of Hong Kong residents holding BNO to come to Taiwan have not been affected.
Taiwan Causeway Bay bookstore manager Lin Rongji said in an interview with this station, in the face of the development of the trend in Hong Kong, Taiwan has been creating ways to allow Hong Kong people to come to Taiwan quickly, especially young people to come to Taiwan more opportunities.
Lin Rongji said: for example, as we see the new so-called spring courses in Taiwan, the fragrant season courses plus the intention of opening classes is very obvious, there was never the so-called spring courses. The spring course is obviously under the current Epidemic, or some young people who are in a hurry to leave Hong Kong, in the name of learning to leave Hong Kong and come to Taiwan as soon as possible during this period, I think this is a disguised method.
Lin Rongji believes that not every Hong Kong resident is in a position to put up six million NT dollars to apply for immigration to Taiwan, and that going to the UK is a much easier option. Because living in the United Kingdom, in fact, and the previous British governance of Hong Kong environment is similar, and not adapt to the problem.
Lin Rongji said: as the sovereign state, we all know that his recent concern for Hong Kong people is a lot more, and (with BNO immigration to the United Kingdom) is really no conditions, as long as you think that you can not live in Hong Kong, or the future of Hong Kong has no prospects, the choice to go to the United Kingdom is almost equal to the unconditional admission.
Lin Rongji that the prospects of Hong Kong people are not so bleak, he repeatedly refers to the people of Hong Kong, not the place of Hong Kong, because it is two things, two concepts, the prospects of Hong Kong has not gone to a desperate situation, because there are still many ways out of Hong Kong people.
The Hong Kong government from Monday (January 31), does not recognize the BNO as an identity and travel documents, in response to the United Kingdom on the same day the official implementation of the “5 + 1” immigration policy applicable to BNO holders.
The Land Commission said that after the implementation of the “Hong Kong version of the National Security Law“, according to recent polls in Hong Kong, Hong Kong people’s Perception of Hong Kong’s “freedom, prosperity, rule of law, stability and democracy” and other five core indices are at a record low; Hong Kong people feel pessimistic and worried about the future of Hong Kong.
The Land Commission tops the Chinese Communist Party and the Hong Kong government to protect the freedom rights of the Hong Kong people according to the law and respect the choice of the Hong Kong people, and Taiwan will pay close attention to the development of this case together with the international community.
The latest statistics from Taiwan’s immigration bureau show that the number of Hong Kong people granted residence permits in Taiwan last year reached 10,813, nearly double the previous year’s 5,858, and also broke all previous years’ records.
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