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Stamp duty hits middle-income group

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I moved to Hong Kong in 2009 as a graduate civil engineer, and since then I have been working on a number of government and MTR construction projects with a major Hong Kong contractor.

I married my Japanese fiancée, and last year she gave birth to our first child.

We have made Hong Kong our home and have saved hard to get a deposit to take our first step on the housing ladder. I have just taken the final examination for my professional qualification.

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We have integrated well with local and foreign friends in Hong Kong, learned the language, and regularly participate in community activities.

We pay our taxes, and we are - or were - proud to call ourselves Hong Kong people, even if our nationalities are not Chinese.

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However, in recent months the government has repeatedly kicked us in the teeth.

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