310 INVESTMENT MIGRANTS GRANTED ENTRY
More than 500 applications were made under the investment migration scheme in its first year, the government said yesterday, of which 310 have been approved, with $1.54 billion invested.
Of the applicants, 45 per cent were from the mainland, 40 per cent from overseas, and the rest from Macau and Taiwan. Of the investment, more than $900 million has been made in financial products, with the rest in properties.
Under the scheme, people can apply to move to Hong Kong with their families by investing $6.5 million.
NEW LEGCO FINDS MORE FAVOUR THAN OLD
The satisfaction rate with lawmakers in Hong Kong rose to 24 per cent last month after an eight percentage point increase from the July figure, a University of Hong Kong opinion poll shows.
Pollster Robert Chung Ting-yiu, of the university's Public Opinion Programme, said the increases were probably due to the relatively mild political climate. He said the satisfaction with Legislative Council members remained low, but the rating was better than those registered at the start and the end of the last term.
