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Tencent CEO Urges ID Link for Hong Kong and Chinese Citizens

  • Billionaire Ma favors ‘Greater Bay’ regional integration plan
  • Hong Kong residents concerned about labor influx, tax issues
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Tencent Holdings Ltd. Chairman Ma Huateng called on the Chinese government to introduce an ID system that would link multiple sets of travel documents with a mobile phone as part of a plan to boost regional trade between Hong Kong and Mainland China.

China’s second-richest man said new technology systems and laws could let Hong Kong residents make electronic payments and cross the border more easily. Ma was speaking at a press conference in Beijing, two days before the country’s legislative council convenes in the capital to set the year’s agenda.