I 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.
You 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...
Extremely rare. Taiwan and Hong Kong are very different places beyond both being ethnically Chinese. Singapore is the preferred alternative given cultural and business similarities.
Taiwan, 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.
Sounds 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.
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?
simonblack|5 years ago
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|5 years ago
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...
app4soft|5 years ago
Hong Kong > UK
Belarus > Lithuania[0]
[0] https://www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-english/19/1206694/lithuania-r...
gedy|5 years ago
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mytailorisrich|5 years ago
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RavlaAlvar|5 years ago
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?
cltsang|5 years ago
unknown|5 years ago
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