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Old 5th Aug 2015, 06:37
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Oh please. Joyce is still spewing the same BS that he’s continuously spewed. Cathay Pacific, Dragon Air, Hong Kong Airlines and Hong Kong Express are all majority owned by shareholders that have their “Principal Place of Business” here in Hong Kong. Hong Kong doesn’t have a citizenship rule like Australia and most other countries because there is no such thing as Hong Kong citizenship, hence the “Principal Place of Business” in the Basic Law. Unlike Australia, Hong Kong doesn’t have domestic air services either. All flights including to mainland China are International requiring negotiated agreements. Maybe if Australia allowed Hong Kong Carriers to set up an international carrier based in Australia but majority foreign owned then he may have a point. Until then he is a hypocrite that needs to crawl back into the hole he’s stuck his head out of. Hong Kong is no more “Protectionist” than Australia. Infact being an Australian who’s lived in Hong Kong for 15 years, I would argue Hong Kong is less “Protectionist”.
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