https://www.scmp.com/rss/508679/feed Cyrus Chan has been a journalist since 2009. He has worked at Sing Tao Daily, Ming Pao, nowTV News and Deutsche Welle, and has covered social affairs, human rights and politics in Hong Kong and mainland China. He has won the Consumer Rights Reporting Awards, and the Human Rights Press Awards. en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com The British government has launched a £43 million (HK$460 million, US$59 million) package to support BN(O) families that settle in the country, funding local councils nationwide to help the new arrivals from Hong Kong with housing, education and employment. The scheme, announced on Thursday, comes after Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke to four Hong Kong families that moved to the country on a special visa for those with British National (Overseas) status last month. During the video call,... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3128677/britain-unveils-ps43-million-package-support-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/society/article/3128677/britain-unveils-ps43-million-package-support-hong-kong?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 07 Apr 2021 23:05:09 +0000 Some 27,000 Hongkongers have already applied for the new pathway to citizenship since the British National (Overseas) visa scheme was launched in January, with analysts believing more would follow as they feared political uncertainty in the city. The latest figures were released on Friday as British Prime Minister Boris Johnson spoke via video conferencing to four Hong Kong families who have moved to the country on the special visa. Johnson told the families how glad the country was to have them... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3126239/british-pm-boris-johnson-meets-hong-kong-bno-visa-families?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3126239/british-pm-boris-johnson-meets-hong-kong-bno-visa-families?utm_source=rss_feed Fri, 19 Mar 2021 15:58:21 +0000 From this weekend, Britain will start accepting applications from people with British National (Overseas) status for a new visa that would earn them a pathway to citizenship. In the first of a three-part series on the BN(O) visa, we meet some early birds who have already settled there. With a job that paid HK$2 million (US$258,000) a year, investment banker Tom Chan* never thought of leaving his comfortable life in Hong Kong, not even at the height of anti-government protests in 2019. The... https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3119165/national-security-law-tears-fears-new-life-hong-kong-early?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/hong-kong/politics/article/3119165/national-security-law-tears-fears-new-life-hong-kong-early?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 26 Jan 2021 00:00:14 +0000