Hong Kong: A family's journey to escape to the UK
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- Опубліковано 11 вер 2024
- Tens of thousands of Hong Kongers have applied for a special visa offered by the British government to come and live in the UK after China cracked down on democracy in the city.
Sky News has followed one family who has taken up that offer and relocated from their much-loved home for a life of freedom in Liverpool.
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This gentleman speaks english fluently and has a driver's license for buses with many years of experience in a place where British traffic rules apply.
Folks, I have a feeling this guy will find a job practically at the snap of a finger.☺ I wish them nothing but the BEST.👍👍👍
Driving in Hong Kong requires a good deal more skill than driving in London.
@@bakerstreet101 EXACTLY!!
開玩笑！fluent? I don’t think so
He should be good in English if he was a bus driver in hk
Driving in hong kong is a crappy job but Like he said, he loves driving buses
He seems to be a humble, nice guy and a very good bus driver. All the best to your new lives in UK!
I wonder how these people feel now being escape as western medias put it ESCAPE to UK . Now Hong Kong is stabilized and safe from these terrorists and foreign NED and CIA ‘s influences who sponsor ignorance Chinese to fight and create chao in Hong Kong in the pretence of Democracy, Many do not know what democracy really entailed . Hope these Chinese found what they are looking for in UK . Happy being 2nd class citizens and experience anti Asian hate. Don’t bother to come back to Hong Kong , now Hong Kong is a happier place without these trouble makers . Now Hong Konger can enjoy with grow and development assist by its motherland . The future jobs are in China for these young Chinese Hong Kongers.
@@Truthseeker12332 Those adult has no political sense and history knowledge at all. Those teenager would not go that far without those adult support and empathy. Their initial demand is 5 demand no one less, and push the teenager to the frontline fight platform indirectly, ending up nasty outcome. They don’t know there is no fair game at front line fight in reality.
They did not get anything they want initially and actually ending up even less than before. And now the adult thank the teenage sacrifice so that they can get BNO visa… their logic is insane..
@@berealistichk1321 geopolitics is complicated. A lot of people do not know what is really happening in the world . The
U S is creating this chao using the young people for their gain. It is the black hand and concept of divide and conquer as the US doing in Myanmar, Thailand and Hong Kong.This is how they try to change regime all over , in the pretence of democracy so their big corporate company can get in and the profit back into US. The people are disillusions and none of the money will be going back into the country for the people..
@@Truthseeker12332 good insights
Should have opted for migration to Singapore.HK and Singapore have a lot in common with Cantonese being widely spoken there.
The violence against Asians is on the rise in the UK. They can't tell the difference between HK, Chinese, Korean, or Japanese. I wish them luck and credit to the Chinese government for giving them the freedom to leave.
think China is happy to get rid of these toublemakers
wish them the best
@John Baptist go away troll.
just FYI, that's mainland China :)
@John Baptist what about pangolin?
@John Baptist that’s only people in China!
I am in hk but about to go to the uk
Good luck in your new home ❤
Hope they stay in uk forever please don’t ever come back to hk again
@@dragonli7106 Sour grapes!
NJ maaaaadsssreluu to say 7tb
Nooi8ii looking iooioo000@@dragonli7106 iióol
@@iq8021 it’s a rotten grape, don’t describe it as a stunner 😂
@@iq8021 nothing to sour with 就没啥可酸的 又不是啥好的😂
thanks to the UK style of education in Hong Kong before, nowadays, people at the age of 40 and up are well educated and able to speak, listen and write English to a certain good extent. I think that they can mingle with the UK society after some time of immigration. For me, I had been to the UK for a few times, it is still better to visit occasionally than to stay forever in England as the job in Hong Kong pays higher, with lower salary tax, at the rate of 15%. Wishing those who leaves for the UK all the best, and good luck for those who stay in Hong Kong like me. : )
Let’s be honest their English are atrocious - which is puzzling since they were a British colony for over 150 years
Kim, I feel a certain people in HK are more likely comfortable with British colonial culture.
British educated Hongkong people are doing poorly compare to Indian/Pakistani. And poor communicator.
Hongkong people do not like to mingle with others and they socialize mostly in Cantonese speaking people. Even to their own Chinese people.
Good choice, anyways the people on this show are on the lower end of Hong Kongs job market that can be easily replaced. Their ideology however is just toxic. They were probably the same people that hate everything China. Glad they are making way for the real Chinese people
@@mhow4967 agree, I know many HK people seldom mingle with locals regardless how good their English or education backgrounds
Being able to speak and write does not equal to being accepted. Must stay alert at all time and stay clear of danger zone.
Best of luck.
best of luck from liverpool
Surely Hongkonger will contribute to UK.
Wish more HK younger can reach UK safely 🙏🏻
Hope they stay in uk forever please don’t ever come back to hk again
@@dragonli7106 Hong Kong is going down
@@dragonli7106 no need for that loads of hong kong left in 1997 most have come back its the freedom that hong kong people have the right to mutiple passports unlike mainland China and USA government who keep its citizens trapped with 1 passport
@@gberg1973 so tell those people leave hk as soon as possible why they’re still stay in hk? Right
those who head back to hk again will be completely shameful !
Best of luck from Scotland
This is only a pathway to citizenship but nothing is guaranteed after 5 years’ stay. I genuinely hope the UK government will offer the Hongkongers a permanent home as they are all diligent and good people.
Yes, and free NHS access and all benefits.
Boris Johnson said will welcome, taking and helping hk people
@@oldworldtriangle1189 Most of them don't need benefits as they came here with money
So as to Ukrainian refugees.
Nothing is guaranteed, but it'd be quite easy to earn ILR and then full citizenship
Could we do an update on how they are now? It would be interesting.
Good luck to all Hong Kongers. More than happy to have them in the UK. Friendly, polite and hard working. The type of people we want/need in UK 🇬🇧🫱🇭🇰
I feel so sad for the people of Hong Kong, the place of my birth. They seem like wonderful, humble people and I thank the UK government for giving them the opportunity to live in freedom and democracy.
How come the HK government didnt give them a chance to vote during UK rule? Educate me。😊
@@IA100KPDT it was not perfect, but at least there was due process and a free press.
Imagine think people who did slavery, race supremacy, colonialism teach about freedom.
Amazing how some hkongers feeling so grateful to British.
Yet there is so much resentment to their own Chinese people or mainland China.
Can someone explain to me?
@@indrajaya9585 better dead than red
No one wants to leave their home country. My parents brought me to the UK just before Macau was handed back to China. I am grateful for that. There will be challenges ahead but I think the gentleman will be able to find a job as a bus driver again. Especially a lot of Eastern European bus drivers have left after Brexit.
Hope a bus company in Liverpool, offers him a bus driving job... Good luck for the future.
He drove double decker buses in HK which are British style on roads very similar to British rules. So he should be able to get a bus driving job pretty easily.
@Seth If he's legally present in the UK with the right to work, there is no such thing as local first.
@Seth In your mind maybe but not legally speaking. If someone is legally present with a right to remain and work, there's no difference. Only if someone is being hired specifically from overseas, then locals are given first preference.
@Seth if your a UK resident then it's fine
@Seth As of the end of this video, he is. That's the whole BNO deal.
Time will tell if they have made the right decision. I hope they will live well in the UK with their decision and not return to Hong Kong when life does not turn out the way they had expected. All the best.
Do not need time to tell. Just search how many Canada or UK citizens still live in Hong kong.
They couldn`t have made a better decision the UK is one of the greatest nations on the face of the earth on the top of that we have Boris an extraordinary leader a man that delivered Brexit and will make Britain great again !
@@CUNDUNDO who enjoys hosting party.
@@CUNDUNDO ROFL good one!
UK conservation party stripped hong Kongers’ right of adobe actually in 1984 by amending the British nationals laws. Hong Kong should have been in line with other British colonies year before to grant hongkongers the right to live in UK. Now UK just recovers hongkongers’ right who had laterally been having to live in UK.
These HK people never had the urge to protest when they had no vote under British rule…suddenly they are feeling they have no rights as they can no vote for the HK chief executive….kinda odd…protest as usual funded by the US NED and several other NGOs like what we have seen in Pakistan, Thailand, Myanmar, Belarus, etc…National security law is nothing new and lot of countries have such and these people protesting against National security laws are fleeing to a country with harsher National security laws 😂😂🤣🤣🤣
never give up never come back
Tks from HK people
Welcome to a free democratic civilised society
Not so democratic nowadays but about the rest you're right
"Democratic" 😂😂😂
@@diesel92kj1 A lot more democratic than China. It's a communist country ffs.
Yeah ! In China .
@@kemitvaudou8264 There's nothing democratic about China
CNA interviewed another couple like this. Both men were Hong Kong bus drivers. This fellow here is way more proactive. I expect him to succeed in the UK. All the best!
They 'll be very regret to make such bad decision to leave HK unless they have committed crime during 2019 riots there.
This couple has a heart of conscience. Wish them best in their their endeavours!
Welcome to Scouseland!
Enjoy your life as British. Don't look back, freedom is ahead, mate.
Type of people that more of would make uk a better place they are of good morals and more “sentient” or speak from the heart real than a lot of people in london
I help people from HK buy houses here in Liverpool and I wish them and their families all the best. 🙏
it is nothing about government or democracy issues. Many HK people just want to live in the UK. I always say that anyone who does not like HK or China, don't live there. Leaving HK is a good way for both HK and these people. I am waiting a chance to move back to HK.
I know I can't speak for everyone from Liverpool, but I wish them luck and hope the city (and country) and good to them.
L
YNWA
Feel sorry for them to choose Liverpool where I unfortunately encountered violence threats, snatching and home burglary for the first time in my life at 60s.😅😅
Yes, best wishes to them, in Liverpool or elsewhere in the UK.
That must be so emotionally difficult, I guess they're around mid-40s and have always been in HK. I just can't imagine it
If they want to leave then leave... Don't call it an "Escape". Nobody is preventing from leaving.
Some of them don’t really have enough savings to leave😂
But the HK government did introduce law to effectively prevent them leaving HK back in Aug 2021.
@@eiyt What law was that?
@@lazydumbo2131 Back in April 2021, HK legislature passed a controversial new immigration law which would give authorities unlimited powers to prevent HK people from entering or leaving HK.
The legislation sailed through a legislature devoid of opposition. No court order is required and there is no recourse to appeal either. The law came into effect on 1st Aug 2021.
@@eiyt The law applied only to inbound flight targeting illegal immigrants. The complaint was the legal language is too vague which may open to other interpretation. Subsidiary legislation will be introduced to clarify the terms.
This is pure bullshit. Britain had the same law many years ago and why accusing other countries for enforcing the same law? Such a hypocrite!
有被害妄想症的人真的可怜，再加上转牛角尖兼缺乏独立分析与思考的能力，无药可救。
It would be nice to see a follow up story to for updates on how they settled into their new environment.......
祝福你們一切順利。
Hope UK treat them like family. Would be a disaster for China if those British back 5 years later.
They will. I know people in UK always treat their dog as family member.
Pls stay Many respects to 🇭🇰 from 🇬🇧
They are smart cookies, kind of people we need.
Don't we have plenty of street smart chavs already? I doubt neither is willing to pick fruits in Britain which is what we need. Blasting about China is not the same as a day's work.
@Seth that's racist
@Seth so, the English are only needed to serve fish n chips?
Hope they stay in uk forever please don’t ever come back to hk again
@@cz8738 show me the SMART chavs??? 😉🤣🤣😂
Good luck to them and all who will do the trek.
Please don't be outsiders in your new country.
Claim it. Be British.
Don't think of yourselves as Hong Kong people who happen to live in Britain. Be British who happen to be of Chinese/Hong Kong descendency.
So well said . 100%
I wish everybody took that approach. Britain is simply repatriating British citizens
I mean how can people yearn for freedom when facing problems like poverty. That’s exactly what will happen when they move to UK. I mean they clearly
don’t have any property there
All the best Fei!
Good luck!!!
Hope you settle well & feel safe here in the UK 👍
@John Baptist That's not very Christian.
This guy should be ok, he can become a truck driver without problem, he just need to get the appropriate licenses.
stay safe all. 👍
Its wonderful these people can go to uk to work and live if they want to
Very nice of that man to thank all the young people from Hong Kong that give his family a change to start over in the UK!
As korean living in Seoul, I am so sad about HK lose its uniqueness and democratic free spirit. When HK becomes another dull and souless city of CCP China, my memory of good ole days of HK also fades away.
It's so funny when ppl talks about democracy in hk when there was really never one to begin with.
@@esmeraldaharrod Well, there never was true democracy but now in HK we don’t even have the basic human rights! HK’s right as a citizen is much as being an animal at a poultry farm.
Hong Kong is now a police state. God bless Hong Kong.
Communist china
@John Baptist ok "joined 21Apr 2021"
@@thegoatking9506 yeah he's a CCP Bot for sure
Hong Kong has been a police state since it was a British colony
No need to god bless hk just telling those hk dude leave why there some hk dude still stay in hk
It was reported that 90k people left Hong Kong already. What's the big deal? It represents only 1% of the population. These people are spineless and is no loss to Hong Kong. It's certainly better to lose 1% if such uselesd peopl who are agents of foreign hostile countries to save 99% of the remaining faithful citizens.
These people hate Hong Kong Government and China so much!! They are no use to Hong Kong at all. Remember not to come back to HK!!
The people who protested always wanted to leave, but most of them didn’t have enough savings to, what they do is just complaining about life😂😂😂
well said🎉
Many Hk migrants in the UK are struggling now as they realise they are being treated as 2nd class citizens and are not able to maintain their previous middle class lifestyles. There was the news about a HK graduate who committed suicide. Many migrants have to find manual labour jobs although they are educated.
Lame propaganda. Even 離間計 made in China are inferior in quality.
I wonder if the British public will ever be asked if they are ok with possibly 5 million hk's settling in the UK, taking houses, jobs, healthcare, school places etc the more affluent hk's are already buying up all the best houses in and around Manchester, without a regard for any one else
I watch it after 2 years and still sad. I wish we could visit our home/birth place without having to worry about the political opinions.
Good luck don't come back
The people of Hong Kong are hard working good people with many skills. Those crossing the channel in general do not have those qualities but that is because they both start from different countries with a very different problem .Hong Kong is a vibrant well educated peoples [be it now under a not very democratic ruler] where those from Africa etc: do not have those qualities and like it or not ALL countries have certain requirements for entry . This man is typical of the Hong Kong work ethic and long may he and his family prosper.
Good luck!!!
Hope all the new immigrants from Hong Kong can contribute positively to the UK Society, and one day they’d be grateful to the Nation who offers them an alternative life away from an authoritarian state. 加油！
All the best to them in Liverpool / UK !!!
They will regret for the rest of their life after leaving their home and become a second class citizen of that country 🍻🎉
HongKongers are first class citizens here 🇬🇧
A bus driver in Liverpool alternative for a bus driver in HK.
I wish them well and hope for a better future.
he hasnt encountered the LOVELY pple of Liverpool yet!!
Everyone has freedom to decide to leave or stay in Hong Kong for whatever the reasons are. There are still lot of peoples happy to continue living in Hong Kong and to embrace “one country two system”. No place/country in the world is perfect !
It's just one country now
The one country two system has been going pretty well until now so I guess that’s why President Xi has just extended this tenure beyond the 50 years.
Stayed out there in the he seventies loved it my daughter Beas born there as well
Lol its so glad to see these people leave, they were the same people singing the UK anthem and waving UK flags in China… utter fools
I’m pretty sure that any HKer that worth his salt will live well in the UK.
Too bad for Hong Kong... I feel sorry for her. She used to be a beautiful, wonderful and peaceful state 😟
OMG 😃 freedom of speech!! What's that? How much it costs?
Big big mistake. There is no better place than HK to live and be happy . The UK is going to be a racist bad experience and they will regret their move
The Chinese are racist as hell against HKers, see what’s happening RIGHT NOW
Couldn't have said it better.
Sky News, Thanks very much indeed.
we need more people like them to leave hk to live in uk or US
why
@@t2dab936 all these rubish should leave HK 😂😂😂
@@hkrickychu 🤣 he wants more cantonese fast food 🐷
@@hkrickychu all the british want to leave the uk too dont worry 🤣😃
Compare to US,CANADA,AUSTRALIA POLICE, hongkong police is so gentle, like a 18 lady.
Escape to UK? Are they criminals? Who was going to stop them? What a crap title.
Government announces £43m support for families moving from Hong Kong to UK which is stupid . Why Government not put that £43m to support NHS instead ?!
invest in hk people will have a higher return
Actually, every hk immigrant has to pay £3.3k ihs fee for nhs and £200 registration fee before they coming.
Most HK people will stay as it becomes more safe and peaceful. I strongly suggest those young people who do not like HK to leave as early as possible. Best wishes to them !
Especially after they are released from jail.
Totally agree!!! Well said!! These people were brainwashed by Apple Daily, The Stand News and social media. They are full of negative energy and do no good to Hong Kong and China!!
Go to UK and DON'T come back to HK.
Yes! deport all those rioters and hooligans who beat up innocent people A.S.A.P. and don't let them come back to Hong Kong.
Meanwhile In The Uk Thousands of Brits
Are Trying To Get Out 🙄 💉🇩🇪💰
🇭🇰 always welcome in 🇬🇧
Respect Hong Kong & Asians moving to U.K.
lmao I want to escape the UK to HK.
Pls go ahead
@@Kc-nn8mn sadly I have to wait until I'm 18
When the brits were in HK, there was no election. The governor was appointed from UK. I watched the violence in HK from the protestors on TV. Thought the police were too tolerant and the protestors got bolder and things got out of hand. Good luck to them for choosing to leave HK but i think they will find life in UK difficult.
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exactly... they can start the same protest over here in UK... see if they will be let off like they were in HK.. I actually saw with my own eyes how they damaged public property and harmed innocent pple. not just wat was on tv.
向不屈的香港人表達致敬！
Many thanks to the young people in Hong Kong who had listened to all those propaganda and thought they could do somethings they were not supposed to do, like venting anger on innocent people holding different views with theirs, damaging public facilities, sharing conspiracies to install fears, etc, that giving opportunities for older people who could now make use of this life line plans to emigrate for better social security and living environment overseas. Well done! Best wishes to those who are doing their time :)
Hong Kongers are hard working people. The UK should happy to welcome them.
Take your gas boom and go. Ask your queen for equality, Free Northern Ireland, free Scotland！
Go to uk for what? Almost people going to UK thinking they will have a better lives there as housing etc will be more affordable and not because of so called clamp down on freedom! Most will be disappointed unless they are happy to be marginalised in the British society as well! Anyway good luck to them!
This is so true and that's why I can be certain that in two year they will " flow back" to Hong Kong for "better life".
oldworld triangle @ 1997 some our my Hong Kong friends studying together in uk, thinking of staying back in uk due to the handover of hongkong to China! Very hesitant but at the end most returned home to HK and all did fairly well n without regret ! Give these youngsters a home and they will then think twice before they riot again!
Ray Yip @ l had many HK friends that decided not to stay back in uk despite having UK PR during 1997!
And if it didn't work out, I wonder if they will take to the streets and do what they did in Hong Kong and see how they'll be treated by the UK authorities.
我作为一个中国人普通人 由衷的感谢英国政府收留这些”洋垃圾“ ，我们奉行 一旦发货 恕不退换政策，祝他们在英国享受幸福生活，永远别回来，这句话是真心的
😂知道啦 得不到的葡萄是酸的
They want freedom from hypocrites and we don‘t want traitors in Hong Kong!!!
@@someernie6179 酸 哈哈 听说最近烧不起天然气了 是不是真的啊
@@someernie6179 哈哈 这就是个烂葡萄罢辽, 只是个二等的, 有啥可酸的，笑拉了家银们
@@someernie6179 原来你还喜欢吃烂葡萄？😂
.... ESCAPE! with all your valuables, monies and movable belongings. For some with their house pets!!!!!!
I hope Fei would try for these bus drivers role again.... and make use of his skills. Especially since we have so much different laws on different driving zones, and licenses....
恭喜 恭喜 加油 加法 WEICOME TO UK
Hope your hk dude stay in uk forever please don’t ever come back to hk again
Falling into UK baits,hook ,lines and even the weight. Nothing is better than home. The grass isn't that's green over there ,ja.
Who’s to blame??
🇬🇧Britain will absolutely make their lifes more Clear!!! and transparent thinking about what happen? Social Crimes against HUMANITY 🏛️🗼🏛️meric💩!!!!! etc
@Seth 🇬🇧Took the SOUL!!!! out of India!!! a very Serious PROBLEM!!!!! in the United States, we need too STOP!!!! injustices Crimes against HUMANITY!!!! ideology!!!!! 🗼🥇🗼etc
And yet they have no job in the UK, a basic human right.
@@oldworldtriangle1189 The World we live in today have serious issues a human right violation.
Hope they stay in uk forever please don’t ever come back to hk again
@@dragonli7106 Education is the key to happiness work hard and prosperous
Great n support ! Leave hk as u like.
U made an ultimate contribution , bcz u leave hk.
Escape to UK... ??? What did they done ???
恭喜🎉走了就不要回中國，香港會越來越好，記得放棄香港身分證，祝福你在曰落國生活快樂。
Channel News Asia aired a 2 part documentary on this subject. just to share.
don't be regretted heading UK!
From an incredible place like HK --> to depressing Liverpool. Poor guys.
Why did the brits give it back to communist China
Nothing wrong with Liverpool.
@@beentrill8492 Because Britain signed a 99-year lease in 1898. Simple.
What can bus drivers expect from driving in HK to driving in Liverpool? Gosh I don't know. Benefit from not having to work.
@John Baptist enough navy and nukes to remove China from the map. Much better trained navy and military and better weapons weapons technology too.
Good luck and embrace your future with positivity:)!
I can't watch sky news live in Taiwan these days, is there any chance to make it available to us again?
I am VERY anti immigration but people from hong kong are more than welcome to stay here
Honeymoon period my friend
Why do all these kind of videos use the word escape? Is not as if these people were held captive in Hong Kong. They left at their own free will.
They couldn`t have made a better decision , the UK is one of the greatest nations on the face of the earth and we have one of the greatest prime minister in British history despite all the recent problems Boris will make Britain great again !