Travel : DFA Advisory on Hong Kong Visa-Free Entry for Filipinos

Here's an advisory from the DFA regarding the status of the visa-free entry of Filipinos to Hong Kong. Some Hong Kong officials are really serious on their threat of canceling the privilege of visa-free entry of Filipinos to this former British colony that had now reverted to China's rule. Their threat is to cancel this privilege if President Pnoy does not apologize (in a month's time) in regard to the "bus hostage-taking incident" that resulted to the deaths of Hong Kong tourists in Manila. Their demand is definitely out of protocol, and will never be granted in any civilized society. Any head of a sovereign state will never  apologize to a governor or mayor, of a province or city.

Hong Kong now is not the same Hong Kong that it used to be. It has lost much of its cosmopolitan character. There's not much it can offer except shopping, their Disneyland (where many or majority of their performers and managers are Filipinos), and it's being a gateway to mainland China. Anyway, who wants to go to a place where many of its people are considered one of the rudest in the world. They even discriminate and look down on their fellow mainland Chinese. So if ever they would push through in canceling our visa-free privilege, it will be their loss not ours. No love lost for Hong Kong, if ever.

Hong Kong Skyline

Advisory to Philippine Passport Holders with Travel Plans to Hong Kong

11 November 2013 – All Philippine passport holders who have travel plans to Hong Kong should monitor the news regularly in view of proposals to suspend the 14-day visa free entry of Philippine passport holders. As of this writing, the visa free entry to Hong Kong for Philippine passport holders is still valid.

Travelers are advised to check the following websites:

1. Hongkong Immigration Department

http://www.immd.gov.hk/en/services/hk-visas/visit-transit/visit-visa-entry-permit.html#part2.

2. Philippine Consulate General in Hong Kong

http://www.philcongen-hk.com                                           https://www.facebook.com/pcghk

Inquiries may also be sent to the Philippine Consulate General in Hongkong through the following:

Email: hongkongpc@philcongen-hk.com

SMS/text: +852 9155 4023. 

DFA

Source :
https://www.dfa.gov.ph/index.php/2013-06-27-21-50-36/public-advisory/1232-advisory-to-philippine-passport-holders-with-travel-plans-to-hong-kong 

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