One-way permits have allowed up to 150 eligible mainland Chinese people to move to Hong Kong each day since July 1, 1997. Photo: Felix Wong
One-way permits have allowed up to 150 eligible mainland Chinese people to move to Hong Kong each day since July 1, 1997. Photo: Felix Wong
Niall Fraser
Opinion

Opinion

Flying Sand by Niall Fraser

Hongkongers are leaving for Canada – but 150 mainland Chinese replace them every day

By my calculation that means Hong Kong has become the permanent home to 620,500 new people from mainland China in little more than 20 years

One-way permits have allowed up to 150 eligible mainland Chinese people to move to Hong Kong each day since July 1, 1997. Photo: Felix Wong
One-way permits have allowed up to 150 eligible mainland Chinese people to move to Hong Kong each day since July 1, 1997. Photo: Felix Wong
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