The Consulate General of Canada in Hong Kong and Macao (; ) represents Canada in the

Hong Kong Hong Kong)., Legally Hong Kong, China in international treaties and organizations. is a special administrative region of China. With 7.5 million residents in a territory, Hong Kong is the fourth most densely populated region in the wor ...

and

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Special Administrative Regions of the

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. As Hong Kong was linked to the

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during British administration, Canada's mission was called the Canadian Commission before the transfer of sovereignty to

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on July 1, 1997. Since 1980, the Head of Mission in Hong Kong has also served as Consul-General to Macau. Owing to the

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of Hong Kong and Macau, the Consulate General of Canada reports directly to

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rather than through the Canadian Embassy in Beijing, although it does work closely with its counterparts at the embassy. Under an agreement signed on September 19, 1996, Ottawa and Beijing agreed that the then Commission, to be called the Consulate General, would continue to operate as regulated by normal diplomatic procedures (such as the 1963 Vienna Convention on Consular Relations). In common with the missions of most other countries in Hong Kong, the Consulate General does not have its own

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building. In 1985 it moved located on the 11th to 14th floors in Exchange Square, at 8 Connaught Road Central. These offices provide a base for 23 Canada-based diplomats and 117 locally employed staff delivering a wide variety of services. The office relocated again in 2014 to two locations: * Office of the Consul-General/Canadian Trade Commissioner Service/Foreign Policy and Diplomacy Service: 5th floor, Tower 3, Exchange Square, 8 Connaught Place * Consular Section, Immigration Section, Canada Border Services Agency: 9th floor, Berkshire House, 25 Westlands Road, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong * Administration Section: 8th floor, Berkshire House, 25 Westlands Road, Quarry Bay, Hong Kong The history of Canadian diplomatic missions in the territory began in 1923 when a Canadian Immigration office was established in Hong Kong. In 1929, Trade Commissioner Paul Sykes opened the Canadian Trade Commission. At the start of World War II (1941), the office was closed, but it reopened in 1946. The present Consul General is Rachael Bedlington. The counterpart Hong Kong representation in Canada is the

Hong Kong Economic and Trade Office The Hong Kong Economic and Trade Offices (HKETOs) are the trade offices of Hong Kong outside the territory. There are 14 HKETOs outside Hong Kong and China, and seven in China (four offices and three liaison units). In addition to HKETOs, the ...

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List of Consuls General and Commissioners

* Rachael Bedlington 2021-Present * Jeff Nankivell 2016–2021 * J. Ian Burchett 2011-2016 * Doreen Steidle 2008-2011 * Gerry Campbell 2004-2008 * Anthony Burger 2001-2004 * Colin Russel 1997-2001 * Garrett Lambert 1994-1997 * John P. Higginbotham 1989-1994 * Anne Marie Doyle 1986-1989 * Maurice Copithorne 1983-1986 * R. Allen Kilpatrick 1982-1983 * W.T. Warden 1978-1981''International Perspectives''
1981, page 10 * M.G. Clark 1975-1977 * R.L. Wales 1972-1974 * C.R. Gallow 1966-1971 * R.K. Thomson 1963-1965 * C.M. Forsyth-Smith 1957-1962RED CHINA: Famine on the Way?
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