Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!daemon Date: Tue, 28 Nov 89 06:32:02 EST Sender: From: chi@vlsi.uwaterloo.ca (Bo Chi) Message-ID: <8911281632.AA09340@vlsi.waterloo.edu> Original-To: china-distribution@cs.toronto.edu Subject: Nov. 27 (I), News Digest Newsgroups: ut.chinese Distribution: ut Sender: list-admin@csri.toronto.edu Approved: nobody@csri.toronto.edu | +---------I __L__ ___- i \ ------I +----+----+ | ___\_\_ | \./ | | -----+- | | | | | __ \/ | --+-- |--- | |---| | I----+----I | I__J/\ | __|__ | | | |---| | | | _____ \ | /| \ | | | L__-| | I I---------J / J \/ | | V | _/ * C h i n a N e w s D i g e s t * (ND Canada Service) -- Nov. 28 (I), 1989 Table of Contents # of Lines Headline News ........................................................... 7 Urgent Call for family reunion .......................................... 100 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- China, a Car Exporter by 1995 An official news report in China said a US$1 billion of fresh capital will allow Panda Motor Corp., the country's largest foreign-funded investment project, to start car production by the end of next year. American Panda Motor Co., which is affiliated with South Korea's Unification Church is making the investment. The project will produce 300,000 cars a year, all for export, by 1995. source: THE FINANCIAL POST Nov 27, 1989 luxin@uwovax.uwo.ca ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ URGENT CALL FOR IMMEDIATE ACTION TO SAVE YOUR FAMILY REUNIFICATION PLAN A group of people concernd Dec. 26 at U. of Manitoba ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Recently, the Canadian Embassy in Beijing seems to have taken abnormal measures to tighten the control on issue of visa for visitors who plan to go to Canada to join their family members. The new threatening development has shown that: the many Chinese people's fear has become fact. On Dec. 24, a Chinese student studying at the University of Manitoba received a phone call from his wife who just had finished her interview with immigration officer in Canadian Embassy in Beijing. According to her, there were 15 people received interview for visa application, only one was given a visa, the rest were refused, which means almost 95% of applicants were refused. During these interviews, the immigration official asked every applicant the same question: Has your spouse apply for PR in Canada ? some people answered No, some answered Don't know. For both the immigration official's response was the same: Because most Chinese people entered Canada before June 4th have apply for PR, I guess your spouse also have, therefore you have to wait until your spouse's matter has been settled down then you should apply for PR to enter Canada instead of being a visitor. From above conversation, it is very clear that if the Canadian Embassy in Beijing handle this kind of visa application cases this way continualy, it will be a big disaster for many Chinese people who are trying or going to try to let their family members join them here. For the people with the passport of private affairs, this means at least one year and half painful waiting with large uncertainty. For the people with the passport of public affairs, this means either they have to go home facing a high risk or suffer a long separation from their family. Because in the News Release from Chinese Embassy in Ottowa in Sept., which is mailed to Graduate schools in many universities from the Chinese Embassy, it stated that all the Chinese people here sent by government are "duty bounded" and should go back to China. Obviously, it is impossible for Chinese Government to allow the family members of such people to emigrate to Canada as PR to join their "defected" spouses in Canada!!! In view of this serious situation, we call all Chinese people facing or are going to face the problem to take action immediately. We should request the Canadian government that: Based on the special program carryed in the past few monthes in helping Chinese people here, to give a special consideration to their family member's visa application and allow these Chinses people come to Canada to reunite with visitor status. The proposed actions are: 1) Contact local LYH leaders and FCSSC representatives ask them for help. FCSSC and local CSSA could set up a task force to FIRST get information, collect individual cases, and prepare a file. Then they can probably do the following STEP BY STEP, a) contact the Minister of Employment and Immigration of Fede.Gov. present the files and ask their reply. Try to solve the matter behind closed door. b) Probably(?) at the same time contact MP's, parties' leaders, powerful persons for help. c) ------- IF THE ABOVE TWO NOT WORK ------- Contact news media. 2) FCSSC is our own organization and FCSSC is for, by and of all of us. This issue will mean normal work for the current FCSSC and CSSA voluuneer officials. So dont just 'report' to FCSSC then sit and wait but do nothing. Since it concerns our own lives we should join CSSA and FCSSC by devoting our time to related work, such as collect cases, prepare letter and materials etc.. *AND* Everyone concern about this matter write a personal letter to : the Minister of Employment and Immigration of Federal Government, the Minister of External Affairs of Federal Government, Joe Clark, the local MP, the local Chinese Community leaders. Visit the international Center in your campus or city. It is estimated that at least several hundred people facing or to be facing this problem in Canada. . If everyone join his/her voice into calling, the effects will be considerable, otherwise no miracle will happen, our own will suffer from the consequences. ============================================================================= News Transmission chi@vlsi.uwaterloo.ca (or) -------------------- --------------------- Local Editor: Bo Chi chi@vlsi.waterloo.edu ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tue Nov 28 11:29:10 EST 1989 Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com