
Number of expats from Japan to surge in 2011
The Immigration Department processed 270 applications between March 17 and 31.
According to Hong Kong Information Services, the department has streamlines the processing of work visas for expatriates working in Japan.
There has been a sharp increase in the number of foreign professionals working in multinational companies in Japan applying to work in Hong Kong since last month's earthquake and tsunami in Japan, and its ongoing nuclear crisis, said Director of Immigration Chan Kwok-ki.
An assistant director has been assigned to lead a team to process the cases in two days instead of four to six weeks.