Two-thirds of young Hongkongers unwilling to work in mainland China: survey
Many have doubts over the mainland's quality of life and rule of law, a survey has found
Two-thirds of young Hongkongers do not want to work across the border in China as many have doubts over the mainland's quality of life and rule of law, a survey has found.
And of those who were willing to make the move, just under 15 per cent have actually tried to look for work there. Only about 2 per cent were very keen to look for work on the mainland.
The latest survey shows little has changed from the last decade, when a similar survey by the Hong Kong Federation of Youth Groups in 2009 found only about one-third of young people would consider working in the Pearl River Delta.
The Bauhinia Foundation Research Centre commissioned the Chinese University's Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies to conduct a telephone poll of 1,001 Hongkongers aged 18 to 29 from August to September last year. None of them had actual experience of working on the mainland.
The survey found that 46.3 per cent were "unwilling" and 18.4 per cent "very unwilling" to seek employment on the mainland.
In contrast, 30.9 per cent were "willing" and 2.3 per cent "very willing" to do so. The remainder did not know how they felt.