The Commissioner’s Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hong Kong issued a letter requiring the Consulate General in Hong Kong to submit copies of ID cards, residential addresses, etc. when reporting local employee information.
[Yahoo News Report]The Office of the Commissioner of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Hong Kong yesterday (18th) sent a letter to the consulates general of various countries in Hong Kong and the European Union Office in Hong Kong, requiring them to declare the information of local employees employed in Hong Kong, including Hong Kong permanent residents, and regardless of Hong Kong non-permanent residents holding any visa must submit their application to the Protocol Department of the SAR Government before October 18.
Sources told “Yahoo News” that the information required to be filled in the declaration form includes the employee’s name, affiliation, title, date of appointment, Hong Kong address, identity card or travel document number, nationality, and a copy of the identity card or travel document must be submitted. .
The letter also mentioned that in the future, if all consulates and offices in Hong Kong hire and fire local employees, they must fill out a form and notify the Protocol Department within 15 days of the signing or termination of the employment contract.
The letter stated that this request for declaration was made in accordance with the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations and “common international practice.”ConventionArticle 19 mentions that the sending country shall notify the receiving country of the full names, categories and grades of all consular officials other than the head of the consulate in sufficient time. The Convention mentions that “matters not expressly provided for in this Convention shall continue to be governed by the regulations of customary international law.”
In October last year, the Financial Times quoted sources as saying that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs required the Consulate General in Hong Kong and the European Union Office in Hong Kong to provide real estate information in Hong Kong, including floor plans; some diplomats worried that the information would be used for espionage. or monitoring purposes.
2023-09-19 04:06:21
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