Looks as if the supply of PRC gals is going to get crimped
Most of the PRC gals that comes over to Hong Kong are those on these group travel visas, especially those manning the Hotel Walk-ins and a the yellow board places in Mongkok. The powers that be seems to have closed this loophole allowing them to come to Hong Kong individually instead of being required to be part of a group. I can see a shortage of gals because of this, until the pimps / gangs figures out a way around this. Perhaps them arranging for groups consisting of all WG's?
South China Morning Post, Thursday 10-1-2013.
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[QUOTE][B]Shenzhen closes loophole on mainland visitors to Hong Kong[/B]
Thursday. 10 January. 2013, 12:00am.
Fiona Tam fiona.tam@scmp.com
Shenzhen has closed an apparent loophole involving mainland tourists travelling to Hong Kong, by requiring those who are not entitled to the individual visit scheme to be part of tour groups.
The regulation, implemented on Monday by Shenzhen's Culture, Sport and Tourism Bureau, says holidaymakers who do not hold permanent residency in Guangdong, or in 28 other cities that fall under the individual travel scheme, must enter as part of a tour group rather than simply pay 50 yuan (HK$61. 50) to obtain a fake group-travel certificate from travel agents at the border.
More than 100 mainland tourists who tried to use fake group-travel certificates were stopped at the border on Tuesday, and 75 others from three groups were delayed because their agents were late in submitting travel information, the Shenzhen-based Daily Sunshine reported.
A Shenzhen tourism official said the crackdown was not linked to rampant smuggling, in which gangs often split goods into small lots that are carried from Hong Kong to the mainland by individuals, to evade taxes.
"Most smugglers travelling between Hong Kong and Shenzhen have multi-entry visas to Hong Kong and aren't required to travel as a group," he said.
"But this doesn't mean that the individual visit scheme will be tightened in the future, as that is regulated by the central government, not Shenzhen."
Chief Executive Leung Chun-ying said in September that Shenzhen's plan to allow millions of its migrant residents easier access to Hong Kong would be put on hold until Hong Kong had examined its capacity to receive more visitors.[/QUOTE]