Yang JianDr JIAN YANG (National): I'm very pleased. Actually I was not prepared to make a speech. I came down all the way to support the Hon Nick Smith when he was giving a speech because it appears the other side is still trying to deny this Chinese-sounding names fiasco. Over two years ago I was in the House actually demanding Labour apologise for the Chinese-sounding names fiasco and today we still have not heard that apology. Now I feel this is hard to believe because they are still trying to say that this is not discrimination. Well it depends on us. It depends on the Chinese to feel or to say whether this is discriminatory or not. When that Chinese-sounding names fiasco happened the Chinese community all over New Zealand felt that that was extremely discriminatory.Now we have had a Chinese community here since the 1860s. Now we've been here for generations. Those people who have been here for generations still feel that this kind of approach—the Chinese-sounding names approach—really deeply hurt them. They believe they have been part of New Zealand society but that this major party would adopt that kind of approach is hard to believe. That is why we demanded the Labour Party apologise for that particular approach but today we can see they still do not really apologise. Of course they no longer use these Chinese-sounding names—they understand that was wrong.I want to emphasise that while Chinese people buy properties at the same time they build properties. If we look at Auckland now a large percentage—my colleague Andrew Bayly would be able to tell you the percentage. It's about 30 percent I was told. About 30 percent of the development market in Auckland is done by the Chinese community so it's very important for us to recognise that Chinese people in New Zealand also contribute to the development of this property market. So it is important for us to recognise in New Zealand that the Chinese community has been here for generations. At the same time they are not only buying properties; they are also building properties. They are now a major force in contributing to the property market.You know what? The KiwiBuild project under the current Government—Minister Twyford has been wooing the Chinese developers because obviously the Government needs the Chinese developers the builders and also the money to somehow sustain this KiwiBuild project. Now if we are serious about this equal or fair approach then you should recognise that the Chinese-sounding names fiasco is indeed not acceptable not only because we have been here for generations but also because many people here—like me—have been here for decades. So if we go to an auction room and see a Chinese face people say Oh this is a foreigner." It's a kind of unfair treatment to all those who have been here for many many years.Another point I want to mention is that the Hon Minister Parker mentioned the Chinese Government banned foreign buyers. The fact is that in China all land belongs to the Government. Even the Chinese themselves do not own the private land. So this is not discriminatory against foreigners. Even Chinese citizens can't own the land; they can own the property. So this is the Chinese situation. People often say "Oh the Chinese Government bans foreign buyers." This is not true. It is not true actually. If you are working in China you can buy properties. Like all Chinese they can't buy land because it's all leased for 70 years or even longer. They can't own the land. This is the Chinese situation; it's unlike in New Zealand. You can't privately own land.So I would say that very often you give this kind of information which seems to be true because it fits into your perception and it might help you in trying to explain your policy here in New Zealand but actually that is not the situation. So I would still demand the Labour Government—the Labour Party—apologise for its Chinese-sounding names fiasco."