Photos of home by #HongKong photographers who have recently emigrated Moving images that will resonate with every exiled #HongKonger (of whom there are more than 200,000 & counting) #HongKongExodus https://hongkongfp.com/2023/06/20/hkfp-lens-hong-kong-photographers-document-their-last-moments-in-the-city/ https://nitter.hongkongers.net/hkdc_us/status/1671097461107032066#m

#HongKongExodus Concerned over eroding rule of law, "companies...are increasingly choosing places other than HK as the location for arbitration....The perception is HK's judiciary is now part of China." # of registered lawyers has dropped 17% in 3 years. https://asia.nikkei.com/Spotlight/Hong-Kong-security-law/Multinationals-turn-away-from-Hong-Kong-for-dispute-resolution https://nitter.hongkongers.net/hkdc_us/status/1666760062977683456#m

#HongKongExodus 5 HK schools to close, 2 others to merge. While HK’s birth rate’s been low for years, it’s the mass emigration of >200,000 that’s precipitated all-time lows in # of students & teachers. The #CCP’s destroyed HK & is creating a new #dystopia. https://amp.theguardian.com/world/2023/apr/25/hong-kong-some-schools-face-closure-as-birthrate-and-exodus-take-toll https://nitter.hongkongers.net/hkdc_us/status/1650854197007351810#m

@hkdc_us RT by @nathanlawkc: #HongKongExodus Yet another sign of mass emigration: the HK tax authority is issuing 2.4 million tax returns this year, down 370,000 (13%) on the peak of 2.77 million in 2019-20. All signs point to more than 200,000 having left HK & some indicate many more [...]

#HongKongExodus Yet another sign of mass emigration: the HK tax authority is issuing 2.4 million tax returns this year, down 370,000 (13%) on the peak of 2.77 million in 2019-20. All signs point to more than 200,000 having left HK & some indicate many more [...]

#HongKongExodus Even the millionaires are leaving, the number dropping 27% to 129,500 between 2012 and 2022. In Singapore, it grew 40% to 240,100. The #CCP’s “tightening grip on HK has driven an exodus of wealth & a boom in family offices to other hubs.” https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-04-18/in-new-ranking-of-world-s-richest-cities-hk-drops-behind-singapore#xj4y7vzkg https://nitter.hongkongers.net/hkdc_us/status/1648320061071933440#m

#HongKongExodus -6,550 of 72,374 HK teachers quit in 2022-2023; 11,820 total since 2021--about 16% of all teachers. (Previously the average was 3,600 per year.) -33,251 K-P6 students have withdrawn in past 2 years--17,373 this year, 15,878 last. Data indicate most emigrated. https://nitter.hongkongers.net/hkdc_us/status/1646844509572018177#m

#HongKongExodus With >200,000 HKers emigrating due to the political crackdown, many families are separated. 36% of 203 elderly polled in a recent survey say their children have left HK since 2020. They experience loneliness, social isolation & depression. https://www.ucanews.com/news/hong-kong-mass-migraton-pushes-eldery-to-lonliness/100981 https://nitter.hongkongers.net/hkdc_us/status/1646584419983949824#m

#HongKongExodus HK public hospitals lost 1,247 doctors in 3 years, an annual loss rate of 8.1%. For nurses, it’s higher—10.7%. The main reason appears to be emigration. Now HK’s desperately trying to recruit from China & abroad to make up for the shortage. https://www.theepochtimes.com/hong-kong-delegation-recruits-in-uk-after-losing-1247-public-hospital-doctors-in-3-years_5183405.html https://nitter.hongkongers.net/hkdc_us/status/1646512218215972868#m

#HongKongExodus Association of Overseas Hong Kong Media Professionals & @ifjasiapacific have published a new report on HK journalists who’ve left HK. 1/3 are working in HKer-founded media outlets (there are 8 new ones). >50% are no longer in media. https://www.aohkmp.org.uk/hong-kong-journalist-diaspora-community/ https://nitter.hongkongers.net/hkdc_us/status/1646152958256599040#m

#HongKongExodus 3,734 civil servants quit in FY2021-22, the highest since the handover—2.1% of workforce. 5th straight year resignations have risen. RTHK among gov't dep'ts hardest hit—7% leaving. Young civil servants 20-35yo make up 44% of resignations. https://bit.ly/40JPTTi https://nitter.hongkongers.net/hkdc_us/status/1643926168595226624#m

#HongKongExodus Newly released gov’t stats show the HK labor force declined 2.4% in 2022, the biggest annual drop since 1985. Since 2019, HK has lost 220,500 workers, a 5.51% decrease. Most have left HK, voting with their feet against the harsh crackdown. https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202304/03/P2023040300221.htm https://nitter.hongkongers.net/hkdc_us/status/1643213809652301825#m

R to @hkdc_us: Before 2019 there were a handful of refugees from #HongKong, now at least 1,026. #CCP rule has turned HK into a #PoliceState, with currently 1,383 #PoliticalPrisoners & greatly infringed #HumanRights, & a recognized country of origin for refugees & other migrants. #HongKongExodus https://nitter.hongkongers.net/hkdc_us/status/1628760660531183619#m

R to @hkdc_us: In 2 years about 2% of #HongKong’s population has left via the BN(O) visa route alone. While this is by far the most popular way to emigrate, tens of thousands more have gone to Taiwan, Canada & Australia, as well as smaller numbers to the US, Germany & elsewhere. #HongKongExodus https://nitter.hongkongers.net/hkdc_us/status/1628735255157907457#m

#HongKongExodus: UK gov’t today updated stats on #HongKongers immigrating to UK via BN(O) visa route: -160,700 applications since scheme started Jan 31, 2021 to Dec 2022; 10,100 in last quarter of 2022 -153,708 applications granted -105,200 arrived in UK https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-system-statistics-year-ending-december-2022/how-many-people-come-to-the-uk-each-year-including-visitors https://nitter.hongkongers.net/hkdc_us/status/1628733200561217536#m

#HongKongExodus: HK government stats released today show HK’s population has fallen by 187,200 (2.4%) since its peak in 2019. From 2011-2019 it increased every year. HK gov’t now trying to replace departed HKers with Chinese & foreign professionals. https://www.info.gov.hk/gia/general/202302/16/P2023021600304.htm https://nitter.hongkongers.net/hkdc_us/status/1626193491628814337#m

As the #HongKongExodus continues, the #CCP has imposed a new visa scheme to attract Chinese professionals to HK as replacements. As w/ the long-existing one-way permit scheme, this will be administered entirely by Chinese officials (ie, HKers have no say). https://www.rfa.org/english/news/china/hk-replacement-visa-02142023150739.html/ampRFA https://nitter.hongkongers.net/hkdc_us/status/1625847834355601408#m

The #HongKongExodus continues: Felix closes Café Corridor after 21 years to move to the UK. January 31 was his last day. We wish him & all #HongKongers well, whether they decide to go or stay. https://bit.ly/3Yek7w2 https://nitter.hongkongers.net/hkdc_us/status/1620991908754624513#m

Govt appeal of acquittal of 12 for riot + social worker Jackie Chen (judge ruled prosecution didn’t even establish its case) begins. A damning verdict on confidence in judicial system: 9 of 13 + original judge reported to have left HK. #HongKongExodus https://bit.ly/3QMjtDo https://nitter.hongkongers.net/hkdc_us/status/1615360386735247361#m

More than 900 #HongKong civil servants quit in 3 months in 2022. The police had by far the largest number of vacancies: 6,312. (Education bureau had 815 & prison guard 609.) Civil service jobs used to be coveted; under #CCP rule, there’s a #HongKongExodus. https://hongkongfp.com/2023/01/13/over-900-hong-kong-civil-servants-quit-in-3-months-in-2022-govt-document-reveals/ https://nitter.hongkongers.net/hkdc_us/status/1613863126826360834#m