The Hong Kong migrants fleeing to start new lives in the UK
37 points by undefined1 4 years ago | 18 comments- simonblack 4 years agoI wonder how long it will be before the signs on rentals will be saying things like 'No chinks'
Like on the signs shown below from the past, and some more recent ones saying "No Poles":
Britain is quite small, so if a good proportion of those Hong Kong people who are eligible for resettlement in Britain take up the offer, that sudden influx of work-seekers will swamp the jobs available.
https://miro.medium.com/max/633/1*nzLs1GoUFhR05vBwI3bwdQ.png
https://keepcalms.com/p/no-irish-no-blacks-no-romanians/
https://images.ctfassets.net/pjshm78m9jt4/403874_9/545657cf7...
- mytailorisrich 4 years agoYou can also interpret this move as wanting to encourage immigration because of labour shortages (post covid, that is).
Between covid and Brexit the UK's population has taken a serious dive and it won't be easy anymore for EU citizens to move to the UK (There are already shortages because of that).
But we also need to see how many people actually take up this offer...
- mytailorisrich 4 years ago
- app4soft 4 years agoPolitics migration started in 2020:
Hong Kong > UK
Belarus > Lithuania[0]
[0] https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1206694/lithuania-r...
- gedy 4 years agoDoes anyone have insight into those leaving Hong Kong for Taiwan? Seems a good relocation aside from the sabre rattling from China.
- jchonphoenix 4 years agoExtremely rare. Taiwan and Hong Kong are very different places beyond both being ethnically Chinese. Singapore is the preferred alternative given cultural and business similarities.
- wahern 4 years agoAccording to this 2020 poll significantly more (4x) people reported interest in moving to Taiwan than Singapore: https://foreignpolicy.com/2020/07/08/hong-kong-exile-taiwan-...
Do you have any numbers regarding actual emigration numbers? I can't seem to find anything recent.
In terms of political and cultural history Singapore is much more like Hong Kong. But it's 2020, not 1990; times have changed. I'd like to see real numbers.
- cltsang 4 years agoGreat info in the article. I wonder if there's data segmented by age group.
As a Hongkonger myself, I'd say culturally we are more like Taiwan than Singapore. We don't really see culture influences from Singapore here. I'm not sure if they export any at all. In contrast, we enjoy Taiwan pop songs, TV shows, and movies a lot. And Hong Kong-Taipei has long been one of the world's busiest plane routes[0].
Taiwan's economy is growing, but Singapore definitely benefits most from Hong Kong's downfall. MNCs have already started migrating Asia HQ to Singapore. So I suspect ambitious young professionals, who wish to stay in Asia, will follow the flow of capital and opportunities to Singapore, whereas others will choose Taiwan.
- cltsang 4 years ago
- wahern 4 years ago
- mytailorisrich 4 years agoTaiwan, the Republic of China beaten by the communists on the mainland, does not make it easy for people from Hongkong (a territory claimed by the Republic of China and arguably under repression by communist forces) to relocate, quite the opposite, that's why the numbers are small. Make that what you will.
- jchonphoenix 4 years ago
- kepler1 4 years agoSounds really appealing. Going from a warm tropical climate with affordable food, good transport, relatively good social services to somewhere cold, wet, lower standard of living, and in economic turmoil.
- db48x 4 years agoYea, that warm tropical climate really cancels out the tyranny.
- kepler1 4 years agoTyranny in whose opinion? Seems something like 7M don't think so, or not enough to take anyone up on the offer.
- kepler1 4 years ago
- RavlaAlvar 4 years agoFood is actually cheaper in UK
It’s subjective but I personally find UK’s cold wet weather much more tolerable than HK’s moist and hot summers and winters actually feel colder in HK.
HK’s public medical system is no better than the NHS.
As for standard of living , you are joking, right?
- mytailorisrich 4 years agoIn terms of affordability, I've found this comparison:
https://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living/compare_countries_resu...
It would probably be fairer to compare Hongkong with London because the UK is obviously a large country (compared to HK, essentially a single city).
The UK has some nice places but also many ghastly ones (it has both the wealthiest and most deprived areas in Western Europe). London is different from the rest of the country in about all aspects.
- kepler1 4 years agoI will say standard of living is a bit subjective.
But my personal opinion is that having lived in the UK, I never saw a people living so poorly, yet thinking they're rich.
- RavlaAlvar 4 years ago> I never saw a people living so poorly, yet thinking they're rich.
This quote is definitely better for describing people in HK who live in their 30m^2 apartment that cost USD$700000 than those in UK.
- RavlaAlvar 4 years ago
- mytailorisrich 4 years ago
- cltsang 4 years agoHong Kong is the antonym of affordable.
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