China asks consulates in Hong Kong to give details on local staff

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HONG KONG: China's foreign ministry in Hong Kong said it has asked consulates in the financial hub to provide job titles, home addresses and identification details of all locally employed staff, confirming a letter to consulates seen by Reuters. The Hong Kong Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs sent

HONG KONG: China's foreign ministry in Hong Kong said it has asked consulates in the financial hub to provide job titles, home addresses and identification details of all locally employed staff, confirming a letter to consulates seen by Reuters.

"This measure is in line with international customary practice. It is understood that Chinese consulates stationed abroad also provide local employee information to the host country according to local government requirements," it said.Under Hong Kong's mini constitution, Beijing is in charge of foreign affairs relating to the special administrative region. The former British colony returned to Chinese rule in 1997.

In line with the"Vienna Convention on Consular Relations, the Consulates General and the Office of the European Union ... are requested to provide information on all locally engaged who have entered into employment contract," the letter said.

 

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