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This is, however, easier said than done.
Take the recent social security fund scandal in Shanghai in which billions of yuan of money essential to individuals' lives were diverted to other investment purposes. Secret "black case" work was a major component in the scandal.
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Apply for a work permit or residency visa in Hong Kong in the near future, and your application will be processed using artificial intelligence rather than a human being. It's all thanks to the continuing high-tech wave that is sweeping through Hong Kong, particularly with regard to e-government.
Last month's earthquake off Taiwan severed undersea fiber-optic cables, disrupting Internet services and communications services between the mainland and Taiwan, Hong Kong, the US and South Asia. Work is still on to fix the cables.
About five million smart cards have been issued so far to citizens 11 and above, out of a population of nearly seven million, according to Pieter Hoogendoorn, business manager for ACI (Applied Communications, Inc.) Worldwide, a UK company that provides card management solutions the program.