{"id":646730,"date":"2019-06-28T13:22:57","date_gmt":"2019-06-28T13:22:57","guid":{"rendered":"<br><div>\n\t\t\n<p><strong>Shirley Ayorkor Botchway <\/strong><br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nForeign Affairs and Regional Integration Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchway,\nhas urged Ghanaians living in China to be law-abiding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Addressing the Ghanaian\ncommunity i"},"modified":"2019-06-28T13:22:57","modified_gmt":"2019-06-28T13:22:57","slug":"be-good-ambassadors-minister-tells-ghanaians-in-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2019\/06\/28\/be-good-ambassadors-minister-tells-ghanaians-in-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Be Good Ambassadors -Minister Tells Ghanaians In China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Shirley Ayorkor Botchway <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The<br \/>\nForeign Affairs and Regional Integration Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchway,<br \/>\nhas urged Ghanaians living in China to be law-abiding.<\/p>\n<p>Addressing the Ghanaian<br \/>\ncommunity in Guangzhou, where she had gone to open a Consulate General office,<br \/>\nthe minister said they should be good ambassadors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would like to take this<br \/>\nopportunity to advise my compatriots, who come here to do business or seek<br \/>\nbusiness partners and those with resident permits, to be law-abiding.\u00a0 Please, be good ambassadors of Ghana in this<br \/>\ncountry to enhance our relations with China,\u201d Ms Botchway admonished.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cGhana is ready to support<br \/>\nyou, and Ghana is equally ready to sanction the bad ones among you to preserve<br \/>\nour good name abroad,\u201d she added.<\/p>\n<p>With the establishment of<br \/>\nthe Consulate, the minister told them that issues of visa, passports and<br \/>\nconsular services would be addressed expeditiously. \u201cNow you have a place to go<br \/>\nwith consular issues. The Consulate is here to support you and listen to your<br \/>\nconcerns,\u201d she indicated.<\/p>\n<p>Touching on government<br \/>\nprogrammes, the minister stated that the free SHS is progressing steadily<br \/>\ndespite initial hiccups, saying President Akufo-Addo is determined to leave a<br \/>\nlegacy of educated population.<\/p>\n<p>She conceded that the free<br \/>\nSHS programme is expensive, but in the opinion of the President, no Ghanaian<br \/>\nchild should be left out of the educational ladder. \u201cThe President believes<br \/>\nthat is the way to go,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>The Foreign Minister told<br \/>\nthe audience about the efforts to beef up security in the country, with the<br \/>\nrecent acquisition of more vehicles for the security agencies.<\/p>\n<p>She announced the support<br \/>\nthe Chinese government is extending to Ghana for educational infrastructure and<br \/>\nsecurity.<\/p>\n<p>She said more cars for the<br \/>\npolice are expected from China as well as the second phase of the University<br \/>\nfor Allied Health and Sciences in Ho.<\/p>\n<p>She also mentioned the<br \/>\nconstruction of James Town fishing harbour by the Chinese.<\/p>\n<p>She further admonished<br \/>\nGhanaians abroad to be patient over national identification card saying the<br \/>\nexercise would be extended to them since the Foreign Affairs Ministry has not<br \/>\ngot the mandate to issue ID cards.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>Ghana Ambassador to China,<br \/>\nEdward Akwasi Boateng, responding to some of the concerns raised by the<br \/>\nresidents, said that some of the issues raised were already receiving<br \/>\nattention.<\/p>\n<p>The Consul General for Guangzhou, Samuel Nsiah, urged the residents to report any issue confronting them to the consulate.<\/p>\n<p><strong>From Fortune Alimi, Guangzhou, China<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Shirley Ayorkor Botchway The Foreign Affairs and Regional Integration Minister, Shirley Ayorkor Botchway, has urged Ghanaians living in China to be law-abiding. 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