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Simon Bridges: Auckland Business Chamber CEO on Wayne Brown's manifesto for Auckland
Auckland's Business Chamber CEO says we have nothing to lose by loosening transit visas for Chinese nationals.
Auckland Mayor Wayne Brown's updated his Auckland Manifesto, laying out a Beehive to-do list.
It includes calling for the Government to reconsider loosening transit visas for Chinese Nationals, giving them more freedom for short stays in the country.
Simon Bridges told Ryan Bridge it would be an easy sugar hit for the economy.
He says he can't think of single reason not to do it, as China's a lot more developed and wealthy than other South-East Asian countries.
Bridges is also…
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