even hurting the world's "oldest profession" - here the filippino "freelancers" (means hookers) in Wan Chai. They only get a 2 week tourist visa once coming to HK and then usually were going to Shenzhen for a couple of days and then back to get the next 2 weeks. As the Philippines is on the list of 33 countries need to apply China visa "at home" this "loop hole" is not existing anymore. So they need to try now back and forth via Macao - as this seems too troublesome for many of them, they simply left. SCMP says then Singapore is better for them ! Thats okay - sorry for them surely they also are affected by this visa rules - business is business. But the article is somewhat disturbing:
Not any word is mentioned about the real problem at all - about all the Chambers of Commerce of different EU countries + US trying to interfere and find solutions with the "Central Government" for the many "gweilos" (foreign passport holders with permanent HK ID card for example) to come back to a better handling of this visa regulations.
NOT ANY WORD about what the HKSAR Government was or is doing - besides copying meaningless statements issued by the Commissioners Office or some FOREIGN MINISTRY spokesman / woman. Come on guys - you think we are really that DUMB ?
Also this article gives the impression, especially for people not familiar with the whole "visa problem", that there is some good effects by this visa policy. Yes, if you guys think it is so important to get the Filippino hookers out with this - congratulations. This is just a side effect - and surely good for the many local hookers - boosting the business for them. But this not really catches the real problem. Therefore (besides the facts that is seems really many of the filippinas were forced to leave) this article is totally misleading about the REAL "CHINA VISA PROBLEM".
