Gov’t Not to Renew Work Visas for Personnel of HKETCO in Taiwan in Retaliation

 Gov’t Not to Renew Work Visas for Personnel of HKETCO in Taiwan in Retaliation

Source: UDN

July 20, 2020

The cross-Strait impasse still persists, and Taiwan-Hong Kong ties are frozen as well. Lu Chang-shui (盧長水), appointed as the representative of TECO (Taipei Economic and Cultural Office) in Hong Kong in 2018, has never been able to assume office in Hong Kong for over two years, as the Hong Kong authorities have refused to issue a work visa to him, while Kao Ming-tsun (高銘村), acting representative of TECO in Hong Kong, has been forced to leave Hong Kong after refusing to sign a voucher on the “one China principle.” 

To these, the Taiwan side has decided to conduct countermeasures against the Hong Kong authorities by not renewing work visas for the personnel of the Hong Kong Economic, Trade and Cultural Office (HKETCO) in Taiwan. Some HKETCO staffers have returned to Hong Kong.  

In response last evening, the Taipei-based Mainland Affairs Council (MAC), under the Cabinet, stated that in consideration of the principle of equality and reciprocity, “we must take some actions in order to safeguard the dignity of our state.”

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