@@theoracle9873 If you look at how slow and shit some of the locals work ethics then also go on sick leave every two days. I think you’ve got a point there. Much more cost effective labour at the very least.
As someone from the UK, who lives and works in HK. I can honestly say Hk'ers are some of the friendliest, most hardworking and cleverest people, I have had the pleasure of working with. Fantastic policy from the UK, to offer HK'ers freedom and a choice to make their own lives as they see fit. Hope they are getting a warm welcome in the UK, and settling in nicely to their new homes and futures. Wishing them all the best. Gau yau.
@@Ticken1000 Even if you could speak Cantonese, you still would get the rude treatment. Only White people get the welcome treatment. I started visiting HK in the mid 90's.
how in the world you're calling them lovely people when they BRUTALLY ATTACKED THEIR OWN COUNTRYMEN. BE IT ELDERLY, CHILDREN OR WOMEN. THE LIST GOES ON. BUT YOU GUYS ARE BEING FEED WITH LIES BY YOUR OWN MAINSTREAM MEDIA
As a HKer in UK, the support and love and respect and care that locals have given us has been genuinely amazingly heartwarming. Honestly, it's incredibly painful to see how much our once-gorgeous city has eroded and im praying justice would somehow be served someday. God bless everyone. And thank you BBC for shedding light on this topic.
Bless you 🙏 I can only imagine how hard it must have all been for you all in HK and then to have to move, i have nothing but luv and respect for you all
@@bazle64 I like your sense of humour on that poor HK sod who gave up his bright future for a 3rd class residency in the country that once enslaved his ancestors with Opium.
Wonderful video. I must say I was embarrassed back in 97 when the UK didn't give Hong Konger's a chance to move to the UK. But now I am proud to see so many of my friends move to the UK and enjoying their lives there! All the best to all of you!
Thank you BBC for this short but detailed reporting of the life of Hongkongers in UK. The background about the trend, the bright side, the dark side, what we can bring to the UK, what problem we may cause to the UK, etc. These let everyone here understand Hongkongers more.
If they don't like hkong they shouldn't make false remark about hkong,just trying to mislead UK people's, l welcome all of them to join us on a interesting journey of high inflation , high energy bills, high taxes, may God bless them all
Regardless of the intent of Hong Kongers seeking refuge in the UK and across the West, they are bringing White erasure. Britons are already threatened by antiwhite immigration policy, and this is only making it worse. Though I stand with Hong Kong, Hong Kongers should seek, once they are able to, to migrate to Taiwan (easier said than done, I know) or Singapore rather than occupy the West where they will also suffer collateral damage from White erasure (ie South Asian and African knife gangs, Islamic terrorism, etc.).
As a Hongkonger who moved to Surrey with my parents,I wanna say thank you to United Kingdom.It gave me a chance to change myself and give myself an opportunity to work hard.People in England are all very kind and respectful.
You guys are lucky as long as not too many Honkongers are arriving into the UK before there will be a backlash of anti-Hongkongers. Ultra-right parties are gaining strenght in Europe as a pushback against immigrants, both legal and illegal.
@@kauaiboy5o people are against immigrants who just want to take advantage of the country/ system they live in, but not want to contribute and be a part of it.
I am a doctor from Hong Kong who's made the move to the UK. I cannot in good faith and conscience continue working in HK, I felt complicit in the city's systematic political suppression, having to pretend everything's fine when even a children's book about sheep is deemed seditious, when people are trialed without jury and by hand-picked judges, some ending up with 10+ years behind bars for a social media post. I'm glad that the UK has provided us with the means to start a new life. I will look for every opportunity to repay your people for your kindness. Plus the NHS is awesome!
@@jameshart678 Why shouldn't they buy it? They're bringing wealth into the country - local homeowners and estate agents get to cash out, and the money trickles into the rest of the economy. It's not like they're stopping you from buying a nice house - you've got stagflation to blame for that.
These new Hong Kong people are far richer than your average local UK citizen. These guys are usually highly educated/ have a higher financial literacy and know their legal rights. It's a massive difference from the remaining pockets of old Hong Kongers from the last generation ; most of which have left the UK. It will be interesting to see what happens to this generation , they can be far more confrontational than the last gens
This is just amazing! So heart warming to see the UK welcoming my fellow Hong Kongers with open arms. The comments about HKers being hard working. I can tell you that's 100% true. It's in our blood 😄
The Worst part is they forgot United Kingdom colonize Hong Kong and Loot their country , and sold them Opium in large scale on the streets turning all the people to be addicts, And humiliated their tradition and culture and martial Arts . And destroyed their Navy during Opium War and had use them as slaves. Now they're in United Kingdom talking about being worried the kids will be brainwashed by Hong Kongners. 😂🤣 They're sick Defectors. Please don't go back to Hong Kong, A person with no sense of history has no right to open it's mouth. Just zombie moving around .
loved the coverage for hongkong diasporas! i know this is bbc and uk has the strongest ties with hk, but i wouldn't mind seeing more stories about hk migrants to canada and australia as there are also a lot of hongkongers going there as well.
The Hong Kong migrants in the UK is more of a recent phenomenon while the ones in Canada and Australia are better documented as they have a longer history. The British never granted Hong Kongers residency nor employment rights when it was still a colony.
The Worst part is they forgot United Kingdom colonize Hong Kong and Loot their country , and sold them Opium in large scale on the streets turning all the people to be addicts, And humiliated their tradition and culture and martial Arts . And destroyed their Navy during Opium War and had use them as slaves. Now they're in United Kingdom talking about being worried the kids will be brainwashed by Hong Kongners. 😂🤣 They're sick Defectors. Please don't go back to Hong Kong, A person with no sense of history has no right to open it's mouth. Just zombie moving around .
respectful towards you coz you are white lol, I would not say the same about anyone that is non white, as they were brainwashed to respect white race and hold them as superior
@@andrew98115wl stereotype is a thing of the past, people today knows that the world is not black n white, it's rainbow n much more, hong kong have the most unequal society in the world, the rich are too rich while the poor are too poor treated like slaves
@@andrew98115wl Liar again, Banks racially profile non Chinese. Racial diversity is gone in the city. Chinese will charge higher prices to non Chinese. Get with the program boot licker.
What wonderful stories. So sad to see them uprooted from their home country but happy they have found a place that has accepted them and that they can thrive and have the freedoms they all deserve to have. Wish them all the best.
Every Brit watching this should be supporting these Hong Kong people living in the UK. I wish you all the best of luck with this transition which may be difficult at times, but you are welcome here and I look forward to meeting you.
I agree, just what we need, more immigrants to compete for jobs, healthcare and resources, keeping people like you happy and keeping China happy for ridding HK of anglo saxon infleunce, truly a win win situation except losses for us average Joes in the UK lol
@@sharkb8754 There are healthcare professionals, investors and entrepreneurs (many, actually) among these Hongkongers who are now in the UK. Care home workers too, taking up jobs that few "average Joes in the UK" are willing to do. In fact, UK's unemployment rate has dropped to the lowest since 1974. It's always easier to blame it on the foreigners instead of reflecting on your own system and problems.
@@Eira436 Mate you are so out of touch of the real world its incredible,all these people are going to fattening immigration lawyers and landlords pockets in the UK, while carrying on straining on public resources
im in y12, and last year in y11 there were lots of hong kong students joining my hgh school. Even know in college, theres more joining, but i really like that! they are really friendly and kind, its great to meet new people :)
These poor souls could have kept living in Hong Kong. Instead they were forced to leave their homes and traveled to a foreign land just to escape from the Chinese government. I wish them the best of luck and I also wish the Chinese government will one day get its karma.
Yes, what do you think of the intimidation tactics perpertrated for freedom and democracy, and human rights. Obviously as an unthinking doctrinaire you must think that is not part of the human rights the Chinese women should enjoy. You sounded like you are trying to showcase your racist attitude. Shame on you, racist white.💩💩💩
sadly that's the fate of hong kongers, the complicated history and geopolitics of this city means the place can never truly belong to them. sometimes i wonder thinking of hk as 'a borrowed place on borrowed time' (that's a saying about hk) and hong kongers and their descendants finding a place (like uk and canada have big hk communities) they can call home is the best ending for them :')
@@star24ize It is just that these closed minds have not heard of Brexit and the anti Asian crimes throughout the Western world. Wait until they fall victims and they will re-assessed their attitudes of damaging the Legislative Council at the beginning of the video.
It's never easy starting a new page in a foreign country, especially for some, they may have never been to the UK. However, compared with such uncertainty, living under the real-life edition of 1984 literally every day would most likely be more tormenting, which is probably why so many are willing to take this risk.
It's not too bad, the education system, laws and driving on the "right side of the road" make things easier since the HK system is modeled after the British system anyway. Most new arrivals seems to adapt happily to life in UK
It's not quite 1984 yet but it might be in decades or so when its unique functions can be replaced by mainland cities. HK is an international city for finance, the business interests here are quite strong and they definitely don't want to scare their clients away, so they like to maintain the status quo and avoid anything extra except when it's deemed necessary, e.g. cracking down the protests because it's bad for business. Given the quasi-fascist nature (corporativismo: a heavy government hand in the market and close corporation with the companies in service of the interests of the nation, often at workers' expense; long working hours, few workers' rights or welfare, etc.) of mainland China, it's unlikely they will ignore these business interests and be rough about it with whatever nationalist goals they have in mind, yet, if the difference of the calculation tilted one day, these businessmen just meant nothing to them.
@@alanho6814 You kind of people do like inventing words are you? Since when is "long working hours, few workers' rights or welfare" seen as a partial component of "quasi-fascism"? Both Japan and South Korea experienced such a period before and South Korea is still experiencing it. Tell me then, under the so-called neoliberalism order, how could a later coming country without any advantage in capital and talented technicians overcome higher and higher patent barriers and build up high value-added industries, hence becoming genuinely rich? Do you think this can be achieved at no price? Hongkong as a single port may simply prosper from re-export business, but sorry, as a country with 1.4 billion people, there is always a price to pay in this real world to achieve development. The developed countries in this world didn't create an environment for later comers to easily catch up.
@@HiHi-yl9wd I agree with most of what you say though you give me the impression of a filthy Dengist. That's why we called the exploitive nature of how developed countries do business in developing ones neo-colonialism. As a socialist myself, it pains me to admit that if China liberalized herself politically, not just economically back in the 70s and 80s, China probably wouldn't be powerful and prosperous as she is today, she would probably end up like Soviet Union and later Russia, chaotic and nothing much got done. Just because something benefits the nation and you don't have much a choice, it doesn't mean it isn't morally questionable for a workers' state selling out the workers for the benefits of the state. It's so harsh, people literally jumped off the roof for it. It's a bit like dealing with the devil, really. Leftists hate 2 things: brutal market competitions and an authoritarian state. China somehow united the two, and it works, what a terrible sight!
1984 is meant for western imperialism. It's the new era when GB is sinking while HK continues to thrive and prosper. Stop milking HK. Cheers big brother!!!
I was brought up in Hong Kong, my father served in the Fire Brigade and I went to KGV school, that should be familiar to anyone from HK. I left in 1989 after 25 years there and it breaks my heart to see what is happening now.
I find it ironic and laughable to those CCP nationalists telling Hongkongers who are planning to live in the UK will become miserable, yet there are some people moved there from mainland China. Are they ridiculing them as well? This just shows the lack of consideration and how insecure they are
0:44 it is the footage of some hongkonger attacking two female chinese mainlanders on news, and next second, a hongkonger said his blood face attacked by chinese people, LOL, don't believe any shit from BBC
Welcome to the UK! I was last in Hong Kong in October 2019, things were looking desperate. This is the only good decision the British government has made in recent history. I love HK and am sad that it is no longer safe/inhabitable to live freely. Racism and stupid comments about cheap labour posing as cynical critique are uninformed and outdated. Move along.
Yowin speaks English very well! Good to see her promoting Cantonese in the class. And Hayley looks enjoying her life and learning in the UK. Heung Kong Yan Ga Yau. A Brother bless from Canada! God save our King!
That depends on which sector has the labor shortages. If most of the Hong Kongers who fled to UK are degrees holders, I doubt they want to work in a factory or construction environment
@@kauaiboy5o In the UK, 22.6% of British people aged 25 to 64 attained a bachelor's degree or higher, so it's not true that degree holders are common among people
@@juanandreas97 I guess we just have to accept it is not easy to be a first-class citizen in any country. In China, everyone are just 4th citizens, so it makes perfect sense to immigrate since 2nd is still better than 4th.😅
HKongers have always wanted to emigrate to UK to earn more money. That is fact. It's just that prior to this the laws were stricter and most did not qualify.
I am a Canadian who had come from Hong Kong. I am happy to see many HongKongers settling well into the UK notwithstanding the difficulties of settling in a new place. I have just finished watching the QEII funeral ceremony on BBC today, i.e. 19th September 2022, and I am glad that she had been Canada's Head of State, and also my Queen since I was born in Hong Kong decades ago.
It is so heart warming to see all likeminded HongKongers gather together in UK and living happily without worries. I am so pleased to know UK has helped so many of them in whatever situations. As a Hongkonger myself, now living in Canberra, Aus, when I do see another Hker as well, it makes me feels like I gain another family member. 香港人加油.
It is ironic, isn't it,. Once the British needed to come to HK to enslave HKers, fed them with opium and now the slaves come to the UK themselves. Honestly, do you enjoy being a second class citizen in the west. If you want to be honest, there is nothing good about the west. Do you seriously buy the western naratives of freedom and democracy. Wake up from your dream! Heartwarming...far out!
Blessing from Melbourne, Australia. Wish them a good life in the UK ever after🎉 We all deserve a good life when we determine to walk away from the tyranny.
@@robbiesheppard3280 yep immigrants only go for Melbourne and Sydney. But Brisbane went +100k, Sydney -100k, rest +-16k in 2021. There's no way for Brisbane to support 3X the population growth of Melbourne to catch up. Not while Australia grows at least.. but we know where people will be moving while there's no growth.
This is heartbreaking to watch. Hongkies are super smart and very hardworking. I hope the UK treats them well and help them integrate in society so they can have a happy and peaceful life there. These people left their families and the comfort of living in their hometown so that their younger generations can know and live in democracy.
I am a volunteer helping Hong Kongers to integrate into British life here. It both shocks and saddens me that we are seeing businesses encouring new arrivals to invest in multiple properties. This has the effect of increasing house prices and rentals making it impossible for locals to live in the area in which they were born. You are running the real risk of becoming an enemy and inviting widespread racial discrimination towards the Chinese communities as a whole by doing so.
Well you have forgotten a lot of properties have been bought by oil empire and their followers will be sucking the British welfare for allowing them to have four wives to claim their welfare for their children as what they are doing all over the west ...
Agreed. However i dont think its the businesses telling them to do that, I think they are just taking advantage, I think the likely cause is the hkers own ignorance to the fact that the UK differs to china in financials significantly. To explain, in china the financial sector and stock market is an absolute shit show, so normal people who dont have insider knowledge cant make any long term money from it. This has resulted in normal people turning to property as a way of long term investing, and this mentality is I think what the HKers have brought over. So what really needs to happen is who ever is helping these people intergrate needs to tell them that the UK has a wealth of financial services and that they do not need to put all their money into property like they do in china.
there is an innate reverse discrimination in Australia too where real estate agents love targeting Chinese people, knowing that they are cash rich and love to buy properties. real estate agents doesn't care who they sell to, they just want to make money. everytime we visit an open house, we can feel the real estate agents paying more attention to us more than their own locals, even though we are just browsing
There’s a huge hole left after Brexit and this is a drop in the bucket compared to the immigration lost. Injecting liquidity into the uk economy is a good thing
I am here in the US. This warmed my heart so much, I've shared with friends. It breaks my heart that we don't welcome immigrants as Canada and the UK have. These people from Hong Kong are absolutely lovely, and I only wish them the best. Truly thankful that they feel welcome there.
Hey Paula, dont you know to differentiate between Immigrants? Immigrants who are High Skilled have to wait for 100 yrs sometimea to become Citizen but Certain People instantly get into Country via Illegal means like just crossing the borders. Legal Or Skill based Immigration is Good.
@@spd1000 Okay, discrimination between classes? Or races? Is that what you mean by "Certain People?" At present, political asylum is practically unattainable. People subjected to torture. I find your comment offensive.
Thank you BBC & UK. I was study in Uk & love UK. UK has very nice life environment. Many friends moved to outside HK. Hope everyone being joyful & peace. 香港人加油💪🏻
The HK migrants are probably the richest exodus that you can find , most are well educated with high pay job back in HK aka the middle class. They will contribute a lot economically and socially to the UK in the future.
@@zackwang9314 you really don’t understand Hong Kong people, they need not to be fed and pampered, they will fight and seek their own opportunities, they are the most versatile and hardworking people on earth.
I am from Hong Kong, born and raised there. I’m now living in the UK, and I’ve been for a year now! Everything went downhill during the end of 2019. I hated it. It was horrifying seeing the horrible protests, bloody faces of those who were hit and attacked, broken windows and police with shields and weapons. I was very traumatized just by watching television, and soon enough we weren’t able to go out during weekends because roads and stops were blocked off because of the protest. The more time went on, the worser it got. In 2020, COVID began, and the protests died down. It had started to stop gradually, but China’s control was never going to end. Things continued to get worser each day. Last year, 2021, August, me and my parents moved to Uk for my education. For my future, we planned to stay here for me to finish high school or university, and I’m hoping to study in Japan for university. I miss Hong Kong, it’s my home country. I miss when I was young and happy in the streets full of candy shops and markets with bustling people. I believe there’s hope for Hong Kong. Things will change, even if it’s good or bad. Maybe one day, I’ll live in Hong Kong again. Please wait for me, HK!
It is so pathetic and full of discrimination where British passport holders need to apply for visa to stay in Britain…. The UK govt should give all its people with British nationality status the same right of abode disregarding where he/she came from.
@@davidt5185 you just concurred that you are full of discrimination; but you didn’t know your so called white supremacy nation was kowtowing to the communist Chinese in the past decade… that’s even more pathetic?
The Hong Kong government is the biggest conartist on Earth. Don't believe in a word it says. All senior government officials have the kids living and educating abroad. You guys are doing the right thing to start a new life in the UK. Best of luck to you all. I see that former HK teacher featured in the Singapore CNA documentary moving up her career ladder.
@Ken Lan. Sending children to a good and renown higher learning institutions, be it local or overseas are the dream harbored by most of dedicated parents. It takes careful planning and a lot of hard-works from both the parents and the kids. Hence, simply politicized this issue doesn't seem fair.
As a Hongkonger, it was a very difficult decision to leave my home, but I feel like it was the viable only choice left. The Beijing government does not even acknowledge that people have legitimate grievances with them after witnessing a city wide protest, instead choosing to label anyone with a dissenting point of view as unpatriotic, vandals and rioters, or in more honest words, traitors, assigning collective guilt to a vast majority of the population owing the rash actions of a few. I did not ever expect to have to make the UK my new home, but I am relieved that this is a possibility, as I do not want to really wait and see what punishment awaits me for simply speaking my opinion under the new regime, a regime that has been demonstrated to abduct and vanish people that happen to object to them in even the smallest way.
It was the right decision! If you ever have children they will have freedom to speak up and form thier own opinions and thats priceless. Im a child of people who fought for democracy in Poland and I will forever be greatful to my parents and their generation that it actually worked. Its very sad about HK, hopefully there will come time it will be free again. 😢
There is a two part documentary on the family of one of the ladies from the recruitment company. She is a hard working woman and basically was the one who started recruiting people from Hongkong
That's what I thought, can't tell whether it's the same person or just similarity in looking... Anyway, it's the Part One of the documentary, One Way Ticket Out of Hong Kong: ua-cam.com/video/qMaKLwqU3vI/v-deo.html
Hong Kong was a unique city that mixed east and west cultures together. From the language, food, government system and infrastructure. However, society has radically changed over the past five years, which is heartbreaking for many people who grew up in Hong Kong and going far away from the promise of 1997.
The Worst part is they forgot United Kingdom colonize Hong Kong and Loot their country , and sold them Opium in large scale on the streets turning all the people to be addicts, And humiliated their tradition and culture and martial Arts . And destroyed their Navy during Opium War and had use them as slaves. Now they're in United Kingdom talking about being worried the kids will be brainwashed by Hong Kongners. 😂🤣 They're sick Defectors. Please don't go back to Hong Kong, A person with no sense of history has no right to open it's mouth. Just zombie moving around .
I was born in HK and moved to New York around the end of 1989. I was 5 at the time and my parents immigrated here because of the Tiananmen Square incident. I was fortunate with my parents that both of them could speak English and were able to land decent jobs here in the US. Seeing the protests in HK a few years ago, it was very heartbreaking that I may not feel as safe going back there even as a visitor. So cheers to the HK people who were brave enough to make the journey to the UK. Whether it is the UK, Australia or even the US, you will be welcomed
The Worst part is they forgot United Kingdom colonize Hong Kong and Loot their country , and sold them Opium in large scale on the streets turning all the people to be addicts, And humiliated their tradition and culture and martial Arts . And destroyed their Navy during Opium War and had use them as slaves. Now they're in United Kingdom talking about being worried the kids will be brainwashed by Hong Kongners. 😂🤣 They're sick Defectors. Please don't go back to Hong Kong, A person with no sense of history has no right to open it's mouth. Just zombie moving around .
We have to take a stand against White erasure in all its forms. I respect the people of Hong Kong, but the British people must not disappear and we must take a stand against antiwhite immigration policy.
@@zackwang9314 You don't know what is best for your own race. Hong Kong should have been left to its autonomy for the full extent of the agreement, if not longer. CCP has forsaken Han people time and time again and cannot provide decency to them. It's ironic and pathetic that Britan knew what was best for China better than the CCP did.
The Worst part is they forgot United Kingdom colonize Hong Kong and Loot their country , and sold them Opium in large scale on the streets turning all the people to be addicts, And humiliated their tradition and culture and martial Arts . And destroyed their Navy during Opium War and had use them as slaves. Now they're in United Kingdom talking about being worried the kids will be brainwashed by Hong Kongners. 😂🤣 They're sick Defectors. Please don't go back to Hong Kong, A person with no sense of history has no right to open it's mouth. Just zombie moving around .
HK used to be a great place to visit. Locals welcome tourists openly. I was impressed some shop salesmen learned my native language. Facilities were clean. Food was great. I loved the food stalls. Streets were clean. Transport was efficient. UK is lucky to get well-off, skilled, open-minded and hardworking migrants. Hongkongers are lucky to have a place where they can thrive, and live safely and freely. Win-win... China gets to remodel HK into just another province.
HK is not what they said and what you thought of. It’s still the same HK. I hope people can be more open minded and to find out the truth by themselves. Not just repeating what others said.
My son & families are in hkong they don't see anything different to hkong apart from those 2019 protester made a mess of hkong,now they get what they always wanted a chance to be a UK resident, UK people don't see the real pictures,,,
Every province has its individual characteristics, so there isn't "just another province". On the hand, it can also be said HK was "just another colony" for the British empire to make money from.
We owe them this debt from 1997. What the tories did and leave British citizens to their fate like that was a disgrace and though I will never ever rate Johnson in anything other than the worst PM we have ever had, rectifying this debt to the people of Hong Kong was the right thing to do. I hope they come and they make their lives here.
I recognise the plump Hongkonger woman in the employment agency. She and her family were in another documentary made by Singapore's CNA. She was a teacher in Hong Kong, husband was a bus driver. They have a little girl too.
Hope they won't end up dole bludging in UK or competing low skilled jobs with the locals when UK never accept their qualifications and professional status.
In my book , live free or die. Living in UK, by an large there is not only better quality of life but also hassle-free in terms of freedom of expression
Yes, obviously you missed the case of Julian Assange. FYI, he merely published the secret tapes of wrongful killings of journalists and nothing more. He did not steal the tapes from the Pentagon and look what has happened to his freedom of expression. Don't worry you will soon learnt about the freedom of expression soon enough. When the white National Front thugs expressed their freedom on your face, you will not be so sanguine.😂😂😂
Unless your freedom of expression involves silently protesting the new head of state being unelected by holding up a sign saying "not my king' in which you will be arrested and charged with breach of the peace. Of course currently the UK's Prime minister AND Head of State are both unlected and the UK public had no say whatsoever. Which is why having your say by holding up a sign and being arrested for it seems to me doubly awful. A man holding up a blank piece of paper was questioned about "his intentions" and cautioned that IF he were to write not my king on his blank piece of paper he would be arrested.
Really and your politicians will so afraid of the minority of the arabic belief who are protesting against them to voice out of freedom of expression ...
@@willsmith39 Thank you for highlighting that. the fact is your are only as free as society allows you to be, otherwise we might as well be back in the stone age
Thank you Elaine for the report🙏 Hk people has a close link with Uk before and those who live in uk, I wish you all well. Adapt and mingle well with locals and contribute to the economy
I spent 20yrs going to and living in HK UNTIL 2018... when I saw what happened in 2019 I dont think I will ever go back there.. most of my HK friends have now moved to/back to UK and are great people... welcome! more space and a bit less materialistic here...
What an excellent piece. Rare to see such balanced journalism these days. Held both young men who had clearly (at least partially) caused problems to account (particularly the boy intimidating women) but also showed the value these young families had can bring to the Uk.
Balanced not so much. I still don't get it. You canonly stay in UK for 5 years but you will 6 years to become a citizen. How does that work? There is no coverage of the hardship facing some of HKers.
There are always two sides to a story. I live in the U.S.. An old friend of mine who lives in Hong Kong thought the 2019 riot/protests were instigated by the American CIA. She and her children all gave up their American citizenships. The whole family has British passports, but she still loves Hong Kong and doesn’t want to go anywhere else.
Nothing but respect for the Hongkongers, they are brave, democratic, educated, and deserved the right to settle and live in the UK! I welcome them, they are hard working, their food is delicious, and they will be a great addition to the UK! It must be horrible to have to leave your homeland because of an oppressive, dictatorial, anti-democratic regime, we would do well to remember that!
they're nobody to feel sorry for. they're traitors & full of lies. that's why they openly created chaos & ran away. nothing but POOR CRISIS ACTORS who steeped so low that they deny CHINA when they're CHINESE 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I have a HK friend, he’s an incredibly smart, hard working man with an adorable family. It all changed when China violently clashed anyone who dissented. He was not even a political person and he still got involved in the craziness that followed. There’s nothing more depressing than seeing someone loose faith in their country’s future.
I was born and raised in Hong Kong and am still living here for my university studies. However, I’ve been through the UK curriculum from kindergarten all throughout primary and secondary, where I also completed by GCSE and IB studies at a progressive international school. I’d love to move to the UK one day to pursue my dance career! Hopefully this video will give me some insights into the life of Hongkongers in the UK :)))
you education history shows why you are a banana, yellow outside and white inside. i m not insulting you, as my son and his school friends are all like you. congratulations to uk, a colonizing power so great that the ex-colonized people still worship you, and totally forget the evil drug dealing in china and invasion of china. what a shame to be a hongkonger!
The Worst part is they forgot United Kingdom colonize Hong Kong and Loot their country , and sold them Opium in large scale on the streets turning all the people to be addicts, And humiliated their tradition and culture and martial Arts . And destroyed their Navy during Opium War and had use them as slaves. Now they're in United Kingdom talking about being worried the kids will be brainwashed by Hong Kongners. 😂🤣 They're sick Defectors. Please don't go back to Hong Kong, A person with no sense of history has no right to open it's mouth. Just zombie moving around .
Yes, all Hkers must try v hard to open own businesses in UK. No use working low wages for some supermarket. Corner all the high value industries. All must go to top universities in UK. Set up HKtowns around the country cos right now there are only 3 Chinatowns. Open restaurant to sell HK food (can't sell anything that resembles 🤮 Ch8nese food cos HK have renounced that 🤮 identity). Only sell unique HK food like instant noodles/macaroni with spam and egg, milk tea with condensed milk. British love those East-West food fusion and spam. All HK migrants must aim to in 10 years time, become top echelons of British society and become super rich like Rishi Sunak. So you can show China they will be sorry you left!
@@s._3560 lol. They're there as SLA vee They'll have to toil their land pay Shhtty nonsense Taxes they weren't responsible for . They'll put all the economic pressure on the migrants, While the rich move on to an economicalu sound country.
There's a lot of people from the African continent/Indian subcontinent and even Eastern and Central Europeans in the UK. There's not enough Oriental Asians in the UK, so, for me, they're a very welcome addition to make our society that much richer.
To early to appreciate to the British !! Can't see any reason why Hong Kong peoples unable to chose their own leader in Hong Kong too during the British time in HK?
@@marychan4625 Hong Kong people problem is the problem of the British not China The British rule Hong Kong people Not China The British has the responsibility to take care of the Hong Kong people British as always know how to get away from the problem
Many Hong Kongers escaped from communist China back in 1949, and now their grandchildren (or possibly great grandchildren) are leaving Chinese Hong Kong for the UK. The scourge of the CCP may be great, but their desire for freedom is greater. I went to a Cantonese church in Singapore growing-up and there are quiet a few Hong Kongers who left Hong Kong during the return to China in 1997. It’s just sad but not the least bit surprising to see this happening.
Ah, the recruitment lady 10:18 I watched about her migration story with her family. She's done a very good job to hold her family together when they first moved to UK, while her husband was not as realistic as she. I remember there were a lot of comments said that she had 3 kids to look after (the husband being the 3rd one 🤦🏻♀️) Hopefully he has finally grown up!
You guys should check out the the behind the scenes video that was uploaded recently. In that video, the producers explained how the husband is just as hard working (e.g. Doing house chores, connecting with the kids etc.), although he's way more optimistic than the wife. (which kind of shows the couple's opposite personalities balance out, good for the growth of the family tbh)
Go and read Article 1 of the Basic Law, and for your information, it reads, "Hong Kong is an inalienable part of China." That is if you can read and understand plain and simple English.😂😂😂
Don't worry you will soon find out just as Rishi Sunak did, you are not the type they want despite the protestation of freedom, human rights and democracy. These concepts are reserved for another type of skin other than yours. 😂😂😂
@@hangtuah888 Maybe you should read the basic law again yourself, acquaint yourself with the high degree of autonomy part and find me the chapter where Beijing is allowed to unilaterally impose a National Security Law. I can't believe you'd actually bring up that basic law given it's been sh#t all over by Beijing. Unbelievable,.
@@hangtuah888 Oh do me a favour! The current UK government has numerous ethnic minorities as well as females in senior cabinet positions and Rishi not getting the top job had zero to do with his skin colour and everything to do with some massive errors he made as he burnt the wrong bridges. Meanwhile in China name me a single CCP politburo member who isn't ethnically Han Chinese or even one who isnt male. I thought Mao said that women held up half the sky? So how come not a single one in a position of power in the Chinese gov? You're so full of sh#it Wumao you really are. Mainland Chinese are massively xenophobic and racist. Just look at the Uighurs FFS! You treat your ethnic minorities like zoo animals..Good for dancing for tourists - that's about it.
Good for those (including some of my siblings and their families) 140,000 hongkongers to move to the place they chose. I am happy living in Hong Kong taking care of my inlaws while their son's family moved out of Hong Kong . I like the government here even though she's not perfect. I have a BNO and lived in a small town called Dewsbury in West Yorksire 40 years ago. People were nice, but I didn't like the weather.
The Worst part is they forgot United Kingdom colonize Hong Kong and Loot their country , and sold them Opium in large scale on the streets turning all the people to be addicts, And humiliated their tradition and culture and martial Arts . And destroyed their Navy during Opium War and had use them as slaves. Now they're in United Kingdom talking about being worried the kids will be brainwashed by Hong Kongners. 😂🤣 They're sick Defectors. Please don't go back to Hong Kong, A person with no sense of history has no right to open it's mouth. Just zombie moving around .
The Worst part is they forgot United Kingdom colonize Hong Kong and Loot their country , and sold them Opium in large scale on the streets turning all the people to be addicts, And humiliated their tradition and culture and martial Arts . And destroyed their Navy during Opium War and had use them as slaves. Now they're in United Kingdom talking about being worried the kids will be brainwashed by Hong Kongners. 😂🤣 They're sick Defectors. Please don't go back to Hong Kong, A person with no sense of history has no right to open it's mouth. Just zombie moving around .
Back when Hong Kong was still a British Crown Colony many Hong Kongers sent their children to boarding school in the UK to have a British education. These children have grown up in both the UK and Hong Kong and have realised the value of a true British democratic society which upholds their freedoms and rights. Many have been educated here and have now made the UK their home now. It is sad to see how much Hong Kong has changed, democratically, over the past 25 years. Unfortunately those who were born shortly after 1997 do not have the choice to move to the UK.
Most HK emigrant had gone back to HK realising HK is a better place to make a living. FYI, british education system is dated. More overseas students are going to China for further study nowadays.
The guy who posted the women's addresses has broken UK data protection laws and can be sued. Two wrongs on't make a right. He's not showing he's better.
Oh please, if UK truly cares for Hongkongers, UK would have granted everyone in Hong Kong UK citizenship prior to 1997! Just like what the Portuguese did for Macauese before 1999! Everyone born in Macau prior to 1999 were granted Portuguese citizenship automatically by the Portuguese Government.
There’s also a TV clip on Sky News about a group of Anti Royalist protesters and they were told to put away their slogans and banners or else face arrest. Climate activist are also escorted away by the police. Every country is more or less the same and no country is perfect.
@@slobodanpaunovic3834 At least the UK is still 35 out of 180 in terms of Freedom Index, while China is near at a North Korean level of 175 out of 180.
@@mitjed It is true UK has the FreeDOOM to massacre million civilians who can't speak for themselves in iraq Syria and Afghanistan, creating million homeless refugees and letting them died from disease and hunger. Cheers FreeDOOM!!!
The EU should also welcome them with open arms. I was furious when the UK and the EU made such a weak response after the CCP destroyed the guaranteed democracy and broke all contracts.
I think the UK government opening their doors to some HKers is really admirable and noble. I wish other commonwealth countries would do the same. But I need to stress that they really should do some vetting and background checks before letting them in. Those taking up the Pro-Gov stance should not be taken in, you don’t want them to spread propaganda for the opposite team.
Too late for that. The UK already has far more mainland Chinese immigrants who, as I’m sure you would expect, will NOT sympathise with these Hong Kong immigrants.
ridiculous. Why didn't show the damage they caused to Hong Kong in the beginning. Why does their so-called freedom have to be commanded remotely by Europeans and Americans? Why did the leaders of the riots have a lot to gain. This is BBC.
my mom is from hong kong and always talked about returning home . but we are settled in san francisco bay area. the news has made many feel sad for our hong kong now. much love to all. we will always return to visit. and we are so glad to hear there is a way out for the youth. and future hong kongers to have freedom of speech and freedom to teach their children cantonese
I've traveled to Hong Kong over 15 times. It's probably the most photogenic city in Asia. And it's got such ethnic diversity. But leave it to the Communists to damper the party.
I work with hong-kongers. Respectful, knowledgable and hard working people. Very good for the UK economy and British society.
Nah your govenment sold hongkong to Chinese commie arty,should sell some of falkland to hongkongers,let them mind their own.
Thanks, but need to be alert from CCP spy in UK.
Make good cheap labor that UK citizens shun, no doubt about it.
Much talented, compared to british
@@theoracle9873 If you look at how slow and shit some of the locals work ethics then also go on sick leave every two days. I think you’ve got a point there. Much more cost effective labour at the very least.
To all those that made the journey from Hong Kong to the UK, to start a new life, I just want to say a massive welcome to you all.
thank you
Thank you Matt
YES. We need more low-class labors. LOL
It's a rip off to live here and crap jobs. I want to move back to HK😅
@@rachelmanman I hope your happy settled and made lots of friends and stuff aswell 😊
As someone from the UK, who lives and works in HK. I can honestly say Hk'ers are some of the friendliest, most hardworking and cleverest people, I have had the pleasure of working with. Fantastic policy from the UK, to offer HK'ers freedom and a choice to make their own lives as they see fit. Hope they are getting a warm welcome in the UK, and settling in nicely to their new homes and futures. Wishing them all the best. Gau yau.
HK people are friendliest? I guess you have never encountered unfriendly people. lol
I was treated very rudely several times when I was in HK for business because I’m Chinese and can’t speak Cantonese.
Lmao gau yau ffs
Its ka yau. In cantonese tone. Not gau. Gau is to mix
@@Ticken1000 Even if you could speak Cantonese, you still would get the rude treatment. Only White people get the welcome treatment. I started visiting HK in the mid 90's.
I am from England and welcome the lovely people of Hong Kong to the UK! 🇬🇧🇭🇰
thank you very much, you are so kind, people in hong kong appreciate it.
who's to say the Chinese didn't take the opportunity to slip some moles when Britain open its doors to these Hong Kongers..
so grateful for your understanding to HongKongers
@@johnkoh5207 locked at home because Xi gave you useless Chinese vaccines?
how in the world you're calling them lovely people when they
BRUTALLY ATTACKED THEIR OWN COUNTRYMEN. BE IT ELDERLY, CHILDREN OR WOMEN. THE LIST GOES ON. BUT YOU GUYS ARE BEING FEED WITH LIES BY YOUR OWN MAINSTREAM MEDIA
As a HKer in UK, the support and love and respect and care that locals have given us has been genuinely amazingly heartwarming. Honestly, it's incredibly painful to see how much our once-gorgeous city has eroded and im praying justice would somehow be served someday. God bless everyone. And thank you BBC for shedding light on this topic.
Bless you 🙏 I can only imagine how hard it must have all been for you all in HK and then to have to move, i have nothing but luv and respect for you all
Hk continues to thrive and excel. Get use it, Gb welcome you nothing but a third class citizen.
Have you handed in youtr HK I’d. Please reply
Welcome to your new home. Your presence and love for liberty will help us improve the UK.
Please do not secretly return to free and prosperous HK when you cannot make ends meet or get beaten for being Asian!Good riddance!
As a Hong Konger, I want to thank all the British ppl for your kindness and acceptance.
😆🤣🇨🇳🇷🇺
@@bazle64 I like your sense of humour on that poor HK sod who gave up his bright future for a 3rd class residency in the country that once enslaved his ancestors with Opium.
We were never asked.
@@theoracle9873 It is not "humor", man! It is conscience ! Do you have conscience at all?
You should put your nose deeper into their behind to show your deep gratitude.
As a British person, all hongkongers are welcome in my country with open arms!
Thx for ur kindness, & plz ignore the little pink above
Thank you
@@PaddyMan1988 I really want to know how high class you are?😂
@@heilaw7002 we need more Hongkongers to wash toilet and pick up garbage on the street. 🤣🤣🤣
@@PaddyMan1988 Bro, you sound like you didn't even graduate elementary school.
Thank you BBC!
i like your works! support x 10000
永遠係仇恨嘅同温層，唔會帶比你任何快樂，你已經係英國做得好好，BBC為國家做事，日日睇Anti China 你可能會好爽。。政治好易令人迷失，好好生活就係最佳嘅報復。 Wish u all the best in the UK
多謝你都有睇。你係香港人在UK 同埋香港人係香港 都鍾意睇你D 片呀！
It is Ki in Oct oil ko lo the
J lot 😊 Ki Ki@@sikiyasky
Wonderful video. I must say I was embarrassed back in 97 when the UK didn't give Hong Konger's a chance to move to the UK. But now I am proud to see so many of my friends move to the UK and enjoying their lives there! All the best to all of you!
Half of England would be Chinese. That was the reason.
97之前英国人大赚一笔，那时候看不上普通移民者的小钱
Thank you BBC for this short but detailed reporting of the life of Hongkongers in UK. The background about the trend, the bright side, the dark side, what we can bring to the UK, what problem we may cause to the UK, etc. These let everyone here understand Hongkongers more.
who's to say the Chinese didn't take the opportunity to slip some moles when Britain open its doors to these Hong Kongers..
@@-gzh-
Bad taste!
I don't understand your english.
@@johnkoh5207 of course! to a pig’s point of view, anything not eatable is tasted bad!
If they don't like hkong they shouldn't make false remark about hkong,just trying to mislead UK people's, l welcome all of them to join us on a interesting journey of high inflation , high energy bills, high taxes, may God bless them all
Regardless of the intent of Hong Kongers seeking refuge in the UK and across the West, they are bringing White erasure. Britons are already threatened by antiwhite immigration policy, and this is only making it worse. Though I stand with Hong Kong, Hong Kongers should seek, once they are able to, to migrate to Taiwan (easier said than done, I know) or Singapore rather than occupy the West where they will also suffer collateral damage from White erasure (ie South Asian and African knife gangs, Islamic terrorism, etc.).
Best of luck! Much love from Japan🇯🇵🇭🇰🇬🇧🇺🇸
ありがとうございました
Thanks so much 🙏🏻 ❤
As a Hongkonger who moved to Surrey with my parents,I wanna say thank you to United Kingdom.It gave me a chance to change myself and give myself an opportunity to work hard.People in England are all very kind and respectful.
The whole world should thank UK to take in these problematic people. They were while in Hong Kong they will be wherever they go
You guys are lucky as long as not too many Honkongers are arriving into the UK before there will be a backlash of anti-Hongkongers. Ultra-right parties are gaining strenght in Europe as a pushback against immigrants, both legal and illegal.
If you or your friends and family need any property help then hit me up. I'm happy to help!
@@kauaiboy5o people are against immigrants who just want to take advantage of the country/ system they live in, but not want to contribute and be a part of it.
I can tell you're an awesome person because of the fantastic name
I am a doctor from Hong Kong who's made the move to the UK. I cannot in good faith and conscience continue working in HK, I felt complicit in the city's systematic political suppression, having to pretend everything's fine when even a children's book about sheep is deemed seditious, when people are trialed without jury and by hand-picked judges, some ending up with 10+ years behind bars for a social media post.
I'm glad that the UK has provided us with the means to start a new life. I will look for every opportunity to repay your people for your kindness. Plus the NHS is awesome!
who's to say the Chinese didn't take the opportunity to slip some moles when Britain open its doors to these Hong Kongers..
Haha I am a doctor too.
You're a doctor who can't practise in UK. UK welcome you as a 3rd grade citizen too. Do you speak fluent English instead of Honglish?
Welcome to Britain and hope you feel at home
@@johnkoh5207 he is way better than you who can’t afford any credible newspaper to learn about China’s megadebt of 250% debt to GDP
Excellent policy from the UK government and great to see so many people from HK coming across - welcome!!!
I agree! It’s awesome to see rich foreigners living in 1st class accommodation while the rest of us cope in bed sits! Makes perfect sense 🤣😂😅
@@jameshart678 😵
@@jameshart678 good. Ure honest! Bbc vids like this does u britishers no favours.
Not so in 1997 their British passport were. Made redundant very welcome why now ok
@@jameshart678 Why shouldn't they buy it? They're bringing wealth into the country - local homeowners and estate agents get to cash out, and the money trickles into the rest of the economy. It's not like they're stopping you from buying a nice house - you've got stagflation to blame for that.
These new Hong Kong people are far richer than your average local UK citizen.
These guys are usually highly educated/ have a higher financial literacy and know their legal rights.
It's a massive difference from the remaining pockets of old Hong Kongers from the last generation ; most of which have left the UK.
It will be interesting to see what happens to this generation , they can be far more confrontational than the last gens
Must be hard leaving home. But welcome to all the Hongkongers!
thanks... indeed
Leaving is the easy part. Learning the language and blending into UK society is a huge problem.
Can they apply for the dole 😅
For those who are rich , life will be easier in everywhere.
@@brianlowe3529 n Free housing 🙄
This is just amazing! So heart warming to see the UK welcoming my fellow Hong Kongers with open arms. The comments about HKers being hard working. I can tell you that's 100% true. It's in our blood 😄
thx a lot about the project. lets wish they all have a wonderful journey in uk
All the best for Hongkongers in the UK !!!
Boris is sending BNO to Rwanda if they don't have the money.
The Worst part is they forgot United Kingdom colonize Hong Kong and Loot their country , and sold them Opium in large scale on the streets turning all the people to be addicts,
And humiliated their tradition and culture and martial Arts .
And destroyed their Navy during Opium War and had use them as slaves.
Now they're in United Kingdom talking about being worried the kids will be brainwashed by Hong Kongners. 😂🤣
They're sick Defectors.
Please don't go back to Hong Kong,
A person with no sense of history has no right to open it's mouth.
Just zombie moving around .
@@johnkoh5207 That plan is a lie. The UK government is antiwhite and wants nonwhites in the country so they can attain complete White erasure.
One way ticket 😁
LOL
loved the coverage for hongkong diasporas! i know this is bbc and uk has the strongest ties with hk, but i wouldn't mind seeing more stories about hk migrants to canada and australia as there are also a lot of hongkongers going there as well.
who's to say the Chinese didn't take the opportunity to slip some moles when Britain open its doors to these Hong Kongers..
Anglo-saxon welcome you nothing but a 3rd class citizen.
The Hong Kong migrants in the UK is more of a recent phenomenon while the ones in Canada and Australia are better documented as they have a longer history. The British never granted Hong Kongers residency nor employment rights when it was still a colony.
The Worst part is they forgot United Kingdom colonize Hong Kong and Loot their country , and sold them Opium in large scale on the streets turning all the people to be addicts,
And humiliated their tradition and culture and martial Arts .
And destroyed their Navy during Opium War and had use them as slaves.
Now they're in United Kingdom talking about being worried the kids will be brainwashed by Hong Kongners. 😂🤣
They're sick Defectors.
Please don't go back to Hong Kong,
A person with no sense of history has no right to open it's mouth.
Just zombie moving around .
@Trevor however by 1997 , there was no more Empire. It was the world last Colony. The population was only around 5 millions. Now days is 7 millions
I've lived in Hong Kong for 20 years. Hong Kong people are very respectful and extremely hard working!
respectful towards you coz you are white lol, I would not say the same about anyone that is non white, as they were brainwashed to respect white race and hold them as superior
Liar. Please explain their mistreatment and abuse of non Chinese domestic workers in Hong Kong.
@@worldlife9834 That's rare.
@@andrew98115wl stereotype is a thing of the past, people today knows that the world is not black n white, it's rainbow n much more, hong kong have the most unequal society in the world, the rich are too rich while the poor are too poor treated like slaves
@@andrew98115wl Liar again, Banks racially profile non Chinese. Racial diversity is gone in the city. Chinese will charge higher prices to non Chinese. Get with the program boot licker.
What wonderful stories. So sad to see them uprooted from their home country but happy they have found a place that has accepted them and that they can thrive and have the freedoms they all deserve to have. Wish them all the best.
British people again trying to still Hong-Kong people knowledge , for centuries British people stollen other countries knowledge and people
When are you leaving.
@@brianlowe3529 CCP Troll
Every Brit watching this should be supporting these Hong Kong people living in the UK. I wish you all the best of luck with this transition which may be difficult at times, but you are welcome here and I look forward to meeting you.
You’re obviously a home owner… with a buy to let 2nd home looking forward to yet more sky high property prices. F*** the rest of us, right?!
Why weren’t they let in 1997 hypocrite
I agree, just what we need, more immigrants to compete for jobs, healthcare and resources, keeping people like you happy and keeping China happy for ridding HK of anglo saxon infleunce, truly a win win situation except losses for us average Joes in the UK lol
@@sharkb8754 There are healthcare professionals, investors and entrepreneurs (many, actually) among these Hongkongers who are now in the UK. Care home workers too, taking up jobs that few "average Joes in the UK" are willing to do. In fact, UK's unemployment rate has dropped to the lowest since 1974. It's always easier to blame it on the foreigners instead of reflecting on your own system and problems.
@@Eira436 Mate you are so out of touch of the real world its incredible,all these people are going to fattening immigration lawyers and landlords pockets in the UK, while carrying on straining on public resources
im in y12, and last year in y11 there were lots of hong kong students joining my hgh school. Even know in college, theres more joining, but i really like that! they are really friendly and kind, its great to meet new people :)
These poor souls could have kept living in Hong Kong. Instead they were forced to leave their homes and traveled to a foreign land just to escape from the Chinese government. I wish them the best of luck and I also wish the Chinese government will one day get its karma.
Yes, what do you think of the intimidation tactics perpertrated for freedom and democracy, and human rights. Obviously as an unthinking doctrinaire you must think that is not part of the human rights the Chinese women should enjoy. You sounded like you are trying to showcase your racist attitude. Shame on you, racist white.💩💩💩
The CCP is like a cancer. I can't think of anything good that comes out of them...
sadly that's the fate of hong kongers, the complicated history and geopolitics of this city means the place can never truly belong to them. sometimes i wonder thinking of hk as 'a borrowed place on borrowed time' (that's a saying about hk) and hong kongers and their descendants finding a place (like uk and canada have big hk communities) they can call home is the best ending for them :')
@@star24ize It is just that these closed minds have not heard of Brexit and the anti Asian crimes throughout the Western world. Wait until they fall victims and they will re-assessed their attitudes of damaging the Legislative Council at the beginning of the video.
@Sampson Chan Yes, might be beaten up by the National Front cowards.
It's never easy starting a new page in a foreign country, especially for some, they may have never been to the UK. However, compared with such uncertainty, living under the real-life edition of 1984 literally every day would most likely be more tormenting, which is probably why so many are willing to take this risk.
It's not too bad, the education system, laws and driving on the "right side of the road" make things easier since the HK system is modeled after the British system anyway. Most new arrivals seems to adapt happily to life in UK
It's not quite 1984 yet but it might be in decades or so when its unique functions can be replaced by mainland cities.
HK is an international city for finance, the business interests here are quite strong and they definitely don't want to scare their clients away, so they like to maintain the status quo and avoid anything extra except when it's deemed necessary, e.g. cracking down the protests because it's bad for business. Given the quasi-fascist nature (corporativismo: a heavy government hand in the market and close corporation with the companies in service of the interests of the nation, often at workers' expense; long working hours, few workers' rights or welfare, etc.) of mainland China, it's unlikely they will ignore these business interests and be rough about it with whatever nationalist goals they have in mind, yet, if the difference of the calculation tilted one day, these businessmen just meant nothing to them.
@@alanho6814 You kind of people do like inventing words are you? Since when is "long working hours, few workers' rights or welfare" seen as a partial component of "quasi-fascism"? Both Japan and South Korea experienced such a period before and South Korea is still experiencing it. Tell me then, under the so-called neoliberalism order, how could a later coming country without any advantage in capital and talented technicians overcome higher and higher patent barriers and build up high value-added industries, hence becoming genuinely rich? Do you think this can be achieved at no price? Hongkong as a single port may simply prosper from re-export business, but sorry, as a country with 1.4 billion people, there is always a price to pay in this real world to achieve development. The developed countries in this world didn't create an environment for later comers to easily catch up.
@@HiHi-yl9wd I agree with most of what you say though you give me the impression of a filthy Dengist. That's why we called the exploitive nature of how developed countries do business in developing ones neo-colonialism. As a socialist myself, it pains me to admit that if China liberalized herself politically, not just economically back in the 70s and 80s, China probably wouldn't be powerful and prosperous as she is today, she would probably end up like Soviet Union and later Russia, chaotic and nothing much got done.
Just because something benefits the nation and you don't have much a choice, it doesn't mean it isn't morally questionable for a workers' state selling out the workers for the benefits of the state. It's so harsh, people literally jumped off the roof for it. It's a bit like dealing with the devil, really.
Leftists hate 2 things: brutal market competitions and an authoritarian state. China somehow united the two, and it works, what a terrible sight!
1984 is meant for western imperialism.
It's the new era when GB is sinking while HK continues to thrive and prosper.
Stop milking HK.
Cheers big brother!!!
I was brought up in Hong Kong, my father served in the Fire Brigade and I went to KGV school, that should be familiar to anyone from HK. I left in 1989 after 25 years there and it breaks my heart to see what is happening now.
Please stay put in UK and never to return to HK!
You know dick all about HK since you left in 89
Living next to the hill where KGV is still a lotta gwai-jai hanging around , proud to have KGV in our neighbourhood
I find it ironic and laughable to those CCP nationalists telling Hongkongers who are planning to live in the UK will become miserable, yet there are some people moved there from mainland China. Are they ridiculing them as well? This just shows the lack of consideration and how insecure they are
who's to say the Chinese didn't take the opportunity to slip some moles when Britain open its doors to these Hong Kongers..
Boris had a better plan to repatriate BNO to Rwanda when they don't bring money to UK.
@@johnkoh5207 🤣😂👍👌😁
🤣😂👍💳💵💷💰👌😁😁💸
Then why CCP official’s families live in the West
I’m glad Fiona is doing well
There is a CNA documentary for the Hong Kong exodus, highly recommended!
Thank you for the referral - indeed very well done and fun to watch too. England is so much more culturally expansive .
I'm so pleased she's doing well. I loved that CNA doc, too.
That's Fiona!!!! She was in CNA documentaries
True! I'm really surprised to see her in the video because I've also watched the CNA made documentary!
0:44 it is the footage of some hongkonger attacking two female chinese mainlanders on news, and next second, a hongkonger said his blood face attacked by chinese people, LOL, don't believe any shit from BBC
Welcome to the UK!
I was last in Hong Kong in October 2019, things were looking desperate. This is the only good decision the British government has made in recent history. I love HK and am sad that it is no longer safe/inhabitable to live freely.
Racism and stupid comments about cheap labour posing as cynical critique are uninformed and outdated. Move along.
Welcome Hongkongers ….
Happy to have a friend from Hong Kong,Peter …very polite and well behaved people.
Did you watch the protest
Yowin speaks English very well! Good to see her promoting Cantonese in the class. And Hayley looks enjoying her life and learning in the UK. Heung Kong Yan Ga Yau. A Brother bless from Canada! God save our King!
A Win-Win situation for everybody, for over populated HK, for those who wanted to emigrate, and for the UK who is having a labor shortage...
Totally agreed
That depends on which sector has the labor shortages. If most of the Hong Kongers who fled to UK are degrees holders, I doubt they want to work in a factory or construction environment
@@annoyedcat9291 Degree holders in Europe are dime a dozen to compete with.
@@kauaiboy5o In the UK, 22.6% of British people aged 25 to 64 attained a bachelor's degree or higher, so it's not true that degree holders are common among people
@@annoyedcat9291 Well they have to anyway. They're not there for just 5-10 years. Most of them will be there forever.
you can tell Haley really enjoys school and speaks fluent English already!!
She's picked up the accent, remarkably quickly.
Ask her has mum handed in her HK I’d card yet
Thank you BBC! Great journalism! Helps non-HKers understand why Britain has seen more Hong Kong arrivals! 👍👍👍👏👏👏
who's to say the Chinese didn't take the opportunity to slip some moles when Britain open its doors to these Hong Kongers..
u mean become 2nd citizen? of course
Why not showing UK welcome them nothing but a 3rd grade citizen???
@@juanandreas97 I guess we just have to accept it is not easy to be a first-class citizen in any country. In China, everyone are just 4th citizens, so it makes perfect sense to immigrate since 2nd is still better than 4th.😅
HKongers have always wanted to emigrate to UK to earn more money. That is fact. It's just that prior to this the laws were stricter and most did not qualify.
I am a Canadian who had come from Hong Kong. I am happy to see many HongKongers settling well into the UK notwithstanding the difficulties of settling in a new place.
I have just finished watching the QEII funeral ceremony on BBC today, i.e. 19th September 2022, and I am glad that she had been Canada's Head of State, and also my Queen since I was born in Hong Kong decades ago.
learn your history before you praise the colonizer, slave owners, opium dealers 😂🤣😂🤣😂
It is so heart warming to see all likeminded HongKongers gather together in UK and living happily without worries. I am so pleased to know UK has helped so many of them in whatever situations. As a Hongkonger myself, now living in Canberra, Aus, when I do see another Hker as well, it makes me feels like I gain another family member. 香港人加油.
It is ironic, isn't it,. Once the British needed to come to HK to enslave HKers, fed them with opium and now the slaves come to the UK themselves. Honestly, do you enjoy being a second class citizen in the west. If you want to be honest, there is nothing good about the west. Do you seriously buy the western naratives of freedom and democracy. Wake up from your dream! Heartwarming...far out!
Blessing from Melbourne, Australia. Wish them a good life in the UK ever after🎉
We all deserve a good life when we determine to walk away from the tyranny.
Australia is the best, except for being broke if you move here late in life. Not so sure about Melbourne 😋 but come to Brisbane like everyone else!
@@hannesRSA Yet, Melbourne is way bigger than Brisbane and is on track to be the biggest city in Australia.
@@robbiesheppard3280 yep immigrants only go for Melbourne and Sydney. But Brisbane went +100k, Sydney -100k, rest +-16k in 2021. There's no way for Brisbane to support 3X the population growth of Melbourne to catch up. Not while Australia grows at least.. but we know where people will be moving while there's no growth.
This is heartbreaking to watch. Hongkies are super smart and very hardworking. I hope the UK treats them well and help them integrate in society so they can have a happy and peaceful life there. These people left their families and the comfort of living in their hometown so that their younger generations can know and live in democracy.
Thank you the UK and BBC! Elaine asked good questions that stands neutral, this is the journalism we do not have anymore in HK.
who's to say the Chinese didn't take the opportunity to slip some moles when Britain open its doors to these Hong Kongers..
You speaking as a former Hong Konger?
I am a volunteer helping Hong Kongers to integrate into British life here. It both shocks and saddens me that we are seeing businesses encouring new arrivals to invest in multiple properties. This has the effect of increasing house prices and rentals making it impossible for locals to live in the area in which they were born. You are running the real risk of becoming an enemy and inviting widespread racial discrimination towards the Chinese communities as a whole by doing so.
Well you have forgotten a lot of properties have been bought by oil empire and their followers will be sucking the British welfare for allowing them to have four wives to claim their welfare for their children as what they are doing all over the west ...
Agreed. However i dont think its the businesses telling them to do that, I think they are just taking advantage, I think the likely cause is the hkers own ignorance to the fact that the UK differs to china in financials significantly. To explain, in china the financial sector and stock market is an absolute shit show, so normal people who dont have insider knowledge cant make any long term money from it. This has resulted in normal people turning to property as a way of long term investing, and this mentality is I think what the HKers have brought over. So what really needs to happen is who ever is helping these people intergrate needs to tell them that the UK has a wealth of financial services and that they do not need to put all their money into property like they do in china.
there is an innate reverse discrimination in Australia too where real estate agents love targeting Chinese people, knowing that they are cash rich and love to buy properties. real estate agents doesn't care who they sell to, they just want to make money. everytime we visit an open house, we can feel the real estate agents paying more attention to us more than their own locals, even though we are just browsing
who's to say the Chinese didn't take the opportunity to slip some moles when Britain open its doors to these Hong Kongers..
There’s a huge hole left after Brexit and this is a drop in the bucket compared to the immigration lost. Injecting liquidity into the uk economy is a good thing
I am here in the US. This warmed my heart so much, I've shared with friends. It breaks my heart that we don't welcome immigrants as Canada and the UK have. These people from Hong Kong are absolutely lovely, and I only wish them the best. Truly thankful that they feel welcome there.
Hey Paula, dont you know to differentiate between Immigrants? Immigrants who are High Skilled have to wait for 100 yrs sometimea to become Citizen but Certain People instantly get into Country via Illegal means like just crossing the borders. Legal Or Skill based Immigration is Good.
@@spd1000 I must point out how underfunded our immigration system is.
Nobody would want to go to the US, where more dangerous than in HK. Guns Violence at first place. Living in the US can be shot anytime.
@@spd1000 immigrants not necessarily high skill, money they have do the magic
@@spd1000 Okay, discrimination between classes? Or races? Is that what you mean by "Certain People?" At present, political asylum is practically unattainable. People subjected to torture. I find your comment offensive.
Thank you BBC & UK. I was study in Uk & love UK. UK has very nice life environment. Many friends moved to outside HK. Hope everyone being joyful & peace. 香港人加油💪🏻
who's to say the Chinese didn't take the opportunity to slip some moles when Britain open its doors to these Hong Kongers..
並不是所有香港人 都喜歡 英國
請你不要下下用香港人的名義
You just a hater now, wish you have a peace with love soon🙏🏻Bless you🤞🏻Good luck
@@sallieceelee5660 The real moles are already there. The CCP supporters bashing the HKongers. How does that work?
If you or your friends and family need any property help then hit me up. I'm happy to help!
The HK migrants are probably the richest exodus that you can find , most are well educated with high pay job back in HK aka the middle class. They will contribute a lot economically and socially to the UK in the future.
who's to say the Chinese didn't take the opportunity to slip some moles when Britain open its doors to these Hong Kongers..
There won't be any high-paying jobs for them in the UK though. 😅
@@zackwang9314 you really don’t understand Hong Kong people, they need not to be fed and pampered, they will fight and seek their own opportunities, they are the most versatile and hardworking people on earth.
@@leehyunsong7001Not really. I've known Hong kongers that work no harder than other Chinese or most westerners.
I am from Hong Kong, born and raised there. I’m now living in the UK, and I’ve been for a year now! Everything went downhill during the end of 2019. I hated it. It was horrifying seeing the horrible protests, bloody faces of those who were hit and attacked, broken windows and police with shields and weapons. I was very traumatized just by watching television, and soon enough we weren’t able to go out during weekends because roads and stops were blocked off because of the protest. The more time went on, the worser it got. In 2020, COVID began, and the protests died down. It had started to stop gradually, but China’s control was never going to end. Things continued to get worser each day. Last year, 2021, August, me and my parents moved to Uk for my education. For my future, we planned to stay here for me to finish high school or university, and I’m hoping to study in Japan for university.
I miss Hong Kong, it’s my home country. I miss when I was young and happy in the streets full of candy shops and markets with bustling people. I believe there’s hope for Hong Kong. Things will change, even if it’s good or bad. Maybe one day, I’ll live in Hong Kong again. Please wait for me, HK!
Have you given up your HK I’d
Please reply
Truth is they want the best of both worlds.
HK don’t need traitors.
You left out the bit about the protesters using bows and arrows, catapults, molotov cocktails and bricks.
It is so pathetic and full of discrimination where British passport holders need to apply for visa to stay in Britain…. The UK govt should give all its people with British nationality status the same right of abode disregarding where he/she came from.
Don't complain. Your skin color ain't white as snow. Take it or leave it. 😉
@@davidt5185 you just concurred that you are full of discrimination; but you didn’t know your so called white supremacy nation was kowtowing to the communist Chinese in the past decade… that’s even more pathetic?
who's to say the Chinese didn't take the opportunity to slip some moles when Britain open its doors to these Hong Kongers..
nah wont work, they only want the rich hongkongers not the poor ones who deosnt bring in any value....
@@davidt5185 🤣😂👍👌😁😗
The Hong Kong government is the biggest conartist on Earth. Don't believe in a word it says. All senior government officials have the kids living and educating abroad. You guys are doing the right thing to start a new life in the UK. Best of luck to you all. I see that former HK teacher featured in the Singapore CNA documentary moving up her career ladder.
@Ken Lan. Sending children to a good and renown higher learning institutions, be it local or overseas are the dream harbored by most of dedicated parents. It takes careful planning and a lot of hard-works from both the parents and the kids. Hence, simply politicized this issue doesn't seem fair.
No, it’s the second. China’s so-called “democracy” compromises of 64 parties all under the influence of the CCP.
As a Hongkonger, it was a very difficult decision to leave my home, but I feel like it was the viable only choice left. The Beijing government does not even acknowledge that people have legitimate grievances with them after witnessing a city wide protest, instead choosing to label anyone with a dissenting point of view as unpatriotic, vandals and rioters, or in more honest words, traitors, assigning collective guilt to a vast majority of the population owing the rash actions of a few. I did not ever expect to have to make the UK my new home, but I am relieved that this is a possibility, as I do not want to really wait and see what punishment awaits me for simply speaking my opinion under the new regime, a regime that has been demonstrated to abduct and vanish people that happen to object to them in even the smallest way.
It was the right decision! If you ever have children they will have freedom to speak up and form thier own opinions and thats priceless. Im a child of people who fought for democracy in Poland and I will forever be greatful to my parents and their generation that it actually worked. Its very sad about HK, hopefully there will come time it will be free again. 😢
@@k0ney what’s wrong with Poland?
There is a two part documentary on the family of one of the ladies from the recruitment company. She is a hard working woman and basically was the one who started recruiting people from Hongkong
That's what I thought, can't tell whether it's the same person or just similarity in looking... Anyway, it's the Part One of the documentary, One Way Ticket Out of Hong Kong:
ua-cam.com/video/qMaKLwqU3vI/v-deo.html
Hong Kong was a unique city that mixed east and west cultures together. From the language, food, government system and infrastructure. However, society has radically changed over the past five years, which is heartbreaking for many people who grew up in Hong Kong and going far away from the promise of 1997.
Hong Kong is falling because Shanghai and Shenzhen is rising, it is just natural thing. With brainwash and manipulation of the West, there is chaos.
The Worst part is they forgot United Kingdom colonize Hong Kong and Loot their country , and sold them Opium in large scale on the streets turning all the people to be addicts,
And humiliated their tradition and culture and martial Arts .
And destroyed their Navy during Opium War and had use them as slaves.
Now they're in United Kingdom talking about being worried the kids will be brainwashed by Hong Kongners. 😂🤣
They're sick Defectors.
Please don't go back to Hong Kong,
A person with no sense of history has no right to open it's mouth.
Just zombie moving around .
For those living with colonialism mindset welcome one way ticket
HK has always been a gateway city for Asian emigrants to the "West" and beyond like NYC.
And I never saw it, sad.
I was born in HK and moved to New York around the end of 1989. I was 5 at the time and my parents immigrated here because of the Tiananmen Square incident. I was fortunate with my parents that both of them could speak English and were able to land decent jobs here in the US. Seeing the protests in HK a few years ago, it was very heartbreaking that I may not feel as safe going back there even as a visitor. So cheers to the HK people who were brave enough to make the journey to the UK. Whether it is the UK, Australia or even the US, you will be welcomed
What makes Hk unsafe for a visit?
Hong Kongers are hard working, educated and law abiding, glad to have them here!
🤣😂👍💳💵💷💰👌😁💸
The Worst part is they forgot United Kingdom colonize Hong Kong and Loot their country , and sold them Opium in large scale on the streets turning all the people to be addicts,
And humiliated their tradition and culture and martial Arts .
And destroyed their Navy during Opium War and had use them as slaves.
Now they're in United Kingdom talking about being worried the kids will be brainwashed by Hong Kongners. 😂🤣
They're sick Defectors.
Please don't go back to Hong Kong,
A person with no sense of history has no right to open it's mouth.
Just zombie moving around .
We have to take a stand against White erasure in all its forms. I respect the people of Hong Kong, but the British people must not disappear and we must take a stand against antiwhite immigration policy.
very law-abiding, hence the riot 😂
@@zackwang9314 You don't know what is best for your own race. Hong Kong should have been left to its autonomy for the full extent of the agreement, if not longer. CCP has forsaken Han people time and time again and cannot provide decency to them. It's ironic and pathetic that Britan knew what was best for China better than the CCP did.
HKers like minded with UK people,
and I am quite shocked that Hong Kong people are still getting assaulted by Chinese in UK.
And UK police didn’t care about it. Looks like the UK police is pro-CCP😂?
who's to say the Chinese didn't take the opportunity to slip some moles when Britain open its doors to these Hong Kongers..
@@canpek545 erm no, the UK police are absolutely not pro CCP and any assault will be prosecuted where possible. It must however be reported
you believe bbc report?too simple too naive
@@canpek545 you're just a hypocrite .
Welcome all Hongkongers and I hope you enjoy the UK!
Thanks BBC. All the best for Hongkongers in UK.
The Worst part is they forgot United Kingdom colonize Hong Kong and Loot their country , and sold them Opium in large scale on the streets turning all the people to be addicts,
And humiliated their tradition and culture and martial Arts .
And destroyed their Navy during Opium War and had use them as slaves.
Now they're in United Kingdom talking about being worried the kids will be brainwashed by Hong Kongners. 😂🤣
They're sick Defectors.
Please don't go back to Hong Kong,
A person with no sense of history has no right to open it's mouth.
Just zombie moving around .
Bot
HK used to be a great place to visit. Locals welcome tourists openly. I was impressed some shop salesmen learned my native language. Facilities were clean. Food was great. I loved the food stalls. Streets were clean. Transport was efficient. UK is lucky to get well-off, skilled, open-minded and hardworking migrants. Hongkongers are lucky to have a place where they can thrive, and live safely and freely. Win-win... China gets to remodel HK into just another province.
HK is not what they said and what you thought of. It’s still the same HK. I hope people can be more open minded and to find out the truth by themselves. Not just repeating what others said.
My son & families are in hkong they don't see anything different to hkong apart from those 2019 protester made a mess of hkong,now they get what they always wanted a chance to be a UK resident, UK people don't see the real pictures,,,
Every province has its individual characteristics, so there isn't "just another province". On the hand, it can also be said HK was "just another colony" for the British empire to make money from.
Does Dizon mean the streets in HK are now dirty and transport inefficient?
For those who don’t see Hong Kong has changed are either blind or retarded or 50 cents .
We owe them this debt from 1997. What the tories did and leave British citizens to their fate like that was a disgrace and though I will never ever rate Johnson in anything other than the worst PM we have ever had, rectifying this debt to the people of Hong Kong was the right thing to do. I hope they come and they make their lives here.
I recognise the plump Hongkonger woman in the employment agency. She and her family were in another documentary made by Singapore's CNA. She was a teacher in Hong Kong, husband was a bus driver. They have a little girl too.
Yes, I hope her family is doing well. God bless them !
Is her name Fiona? Happy to see she's doing well.
They also have a son
Hope they won't end up dole bludging in UK or competing low skilled jobs with the locals when UK never accept their qualifications and professional status.
@@johnkoh5207 🤣😂😁, Over half likely to., i bet
Happy to see Fiona again that make CNA insider’s episode a big hit!
Fiona is not nice to her husband.
A big welcome to my brothers and sisters from Hong Kong, some of the very hardworking and humble people on earth.
In my book , live free or die. Living in UK, by an large there is not only better quality of life but also hassle-free in terms of freedom of expression
Yes, obviously you missed the case of Julian Assange. FYI, he merely published the secret tapes of wrongful killings of journalists and nothing more. He did not steal the tapes from the Pentagon and look what has happened to his freedom of expression. Don't worry you will soon learnt about the freedom of expression soon enough. When the white National Front thugs expressed their freedom on your face, you will not be so sanguine.😂😂😂
Unless your freedom of expression involves silently protesting the new head of state being unelected by holding up a sign saying "not my king' in which you will be arrested and charged with breach of the peace.
Of course currently the UK's Prime minister AND Head of State are both unlected and the UK public had no say whatsoever.
Which is why having your say by holding up a sign and being arrested for it seems to me doubly awful.
A man holding up a blank piece of paper was questioned about "his intentions" and cautioned that IF he were to write not my king on his blank piece of paper he would be arrested.
Really and your politicians will so afraid of the minority of the arabic belief who are protesting against them to voice out of freedom of expression ...
@@willsmith39 Thank you for highlighting that. the fact is your are only as free as society allows you to be, otherwise we might as well be back in the stone age
@@willsmith39 🤣😂👍👌😁😗❤️
much appreciation to BBC revealing the truth
Thank you Elaine for the report🙏 Hk people has a close link with Uk before and those who live in uk, I wish you all well. Adapt and mingle well with locals and contribute to the economy
I spent 20yrs going to and living in HK UNTIL 2018... when I saw what happened in 2019 I dont think I will ever go back there.. most of my HK friends have now moved to/back to UK and are great people... welcome! more space and a bit less materialistic here...
What an excellent piece. Rare to see such balanced journalism these days. Held both young men who had clearly (at least partially) caused problems to account (particularly the boy intimidating women) but also showed the value these young families had can bring to the Uk.
Balanced not so much. I still don't get it. You canonly stay in UK for 5 years but you will 6 years to become a citizen. How does that work? There is no coverage of the hardship facing some of HKers.
There are always two sides to a story. I live in the U.S.. An old friend of mine who lives in Hong Kong thought the 2019 riot/protests were instigated by the American CIA. She and her children all gave up their American citizenships. The whole family has British passports, but she still loves Hong Kong and doesn’t want to go anywhere else.
Agree
Not only cia, but also mi6 and special force from Ukraine
Of course. The truth is two million people who went on the street to protest were all well paid by CIA! Cheers!
Usual drivel spouted by dictatorships. The Chinese government just can't accept some people want to live without the threat of state violence.
@minty258 how are you right wingers treating British born Muslims?. Shove your arrogance where the sun does not shine.
Wishing all the best to the Hongkongers coming to the UK. I hope you are made to feel welcome.
Nothing but respect for the Hongkongers, they are brave, democratic, educated, and deserved the right to settle and live in the UK! I welcome them, they are hard working, their food is delicious, and they will be a great addition to the UK! It must be horrible to have to leave your homeland because of an oppressive, dictatorial, anti-democratic regime, we would do well to remember that!
lol, instead of posting a comment here. come checkout hk for yourself & FIND OUT THE ACTUAL TRUTH 🤣
@Sampson Chan
when a
LOCAL CHINESE TYPES
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they're nobody to feel sorry for. they're traitors & full of lies. that's why they openly created chaos & ran away. nothing but POOR CRISIS ACTORS who steeped so low that they deny CHINA when they're CHINESE 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
@Sampson Chan
me no CHI NEE SEE 💩 MA 🤣
@Sampson Chan
would you throw a party now 😊
I have a HK friend, he’s an incredibly smart, hard working man with an adorable family.
It all changed when China violently clashed anyone who dissented. He was not even a political person and he still got involved in the craziness that followed. There’s nothing more depressing than seeing someone loose faith in their country’s future.
Was he a protester
That smashed the place to
Pieces
Has he handed in his HK I’d card
@@brianlowe3529 and here is the inevitable Chinese 5 cent bot
@@Bhethar lol, the rhetorical of 5cents is always fascinating.
@@victor1102 and sad, I mean, imagine being so low in your life that you have to post brainless propaganda to afford food
I was born and raised in Hong Kong and am still living here for my university studies. However, I’ve been through the UK curriculum from kindergarten all throughout primary and secondary, where I also completed by GCSE and IB studies at a progressive international school. I’d love to move to the UK one day to pursue my dance career! Hopefully this video will give me some insights into the life of Hongkongers in the UK :)))
you education history shows why you are a banana, yellow outside and white inside. i m not insulting you, as my son and his school friends are all like you. congratulations to uk, a colonizing power so great that the ex-colonized people still worship you, and totally forget the evil drug dealing in china and invasion of china. what a shame to be a hongkonger!
And when you leave. Hand in your HK I’d card
@serena Ng: All the best to you. May your dream come true! Cant wait to have our very own Alena Kovaleva (assuming you are pursuing Ballet too)
God bless The UK and HKers. ❤️
who's to say the Chinese didn't take the opportunity to slip some moles when Britain open its doors to these Hong Kongers..
The Worst part is they forgot United Kingdom colonize Hong Kong and Loot their country , and sold them Opium in large scale on the streets turning all the people to be addicts,
And humiliated their tradition and culture and martial Arts .
And destroyed their Navy during Opium War and had use them as slaves.
Now they're in United Kingdom talking about being worried the kids will be brainwashed by Hong Kongners. 😂🤣
They're sick Defectors.
Please don't go back to Hong Kong,
A person with no sense of history has no right to open it's mouth.
Just zombie moving around .
Yes, all Hkers must try v hard to open own businesses in UK. No use working low wages for some supermarket. Corner all the high value industries. All must go to top universities in UK. Set up HKtowns around the country cos right now there are only 3 Chinatowns. Open restaurant to sell HK food (can't sell anything that resembles 🤮 Ch8nese food cos HK have renounced that 🤮 identity). Only sell unique HK food like instant noodles/macaroni with spam and egg, milk tea with condensed milk. British love those East-West food fusion and spam. All HK migrants must aim to in 10 years time, become top echelons of British society and become super rich like Rishi Sunak. So you can show China they will be sorry you left!
@@s._3560 lol.
They're there as SLA vee
They'll have to toil their land pay Shhtty nonsense Taxes they weren't responsible for .
They'll put all the economic pressure on the migrants,
While the rich move on to an economicalu sound country.
@@s._3560 as an Englishman, this is worrying.... we don't want our high value industries to be dominated by immigrants...
Very good video with a neutral journalist who is not afraid to ask bold questions but also empathetic of these new hongkongers living in uk.
There's a lot of people from the African continent/Indian subcontinent and even Eastern and Central Europeans in the UK. There's not enough Oriental Asians in the UK, so, for me, they're a very welcome addition to make our society that much richer.
Thanks BBC, I am from Hong Kong as well, just move-in to UK less than one month. Most of the HKers won`t leave the homeland unless we have to.
who's to say the Chinese didn't take the opportunity to slip some moles when Britain open its doors to these Hong Kongers..
Good luck and welcome to the UK!
@@albertwood8836 Inflation🙈
Make sure you don’t come back to HK in your whole life. 🤣🤣🤣
To early to appreciate to the British !! Can't see any reason why Hong Kong peoples unable to chose their own leader in Hong Kong too during the British time in HK?
This is a very good report. Thanks! ❤
Hongkongers we warmly welcome you to the uk! 🇬🇧
😁
Six million Hong Kong people want to come to England Do you want them to come to England
@Wing Keung Kong, that is a hypothetical thought. I doubt 1 million Hongkongers will migrate to the UK
@@marychan4625 Hong Kong people problem is the problem of the British not China
The British rule Hong Kong people
Not China
The British has the responsibility to take care of the Hong Kong people
British as always know how to get away from the problem
@@wingkeungkong415 £3 vs £9.80?? Minimum wage, Fool not to come
Housing avg 1.6m vs 250 , Fool not to come
Many Hong Kongers escaped from communist China back in 1949, and now their grandchildren (or possibly great grandchildren) are leaving Chinese Hong Kong for the UK. The scourge of the CCP may be great, but their desire for freedom is greater. I went to a Cantonese church in Singapore growing-up and there are quiet a few Hong Kongers who left Hong Kong during the return to China in 1997. It’s just sad but not the least bit surprising to see this happening.
so basically CCP drives away people wherever it is🤣🤣
Thanks BBC.I hope audiences can stand with Hong Kong. We strive for freedom. I am pound of being Hongkonger.
If you are in uk on the way out did you hand in your HK I’d card?
Hong Kong people are very hardworking. We still work hard even if we are in the UK.
yeah, dont forget u are in second class , first always white people, dont sad slave
I work with hong kongers. Hard working and respectful. Great news for UK economy and society.
Ah, the recruitment lady 10:18 I watched about her migration story with her family. She's done a very good job to hold her family together when they first moved to UK, while her husband was not as realistic as she. I remember there were a lot of comments said that she had 3 kids to look after (the husband being the 3rd one 🤦🏻♀️) Hopefully he has finally grown up!
I recognised her too! I wondered if she would be part of this story as well.
Star of the CNA documentary
You guys should check out the the behind the scenes video that was uploaded recently. In that video, the producers explained how the husband is just as hard working (e.g. Doing house chores, connecting with the kids etc.), although he's way more optimistic than the wife. (which kind of shows the couple's opposite personalities balance out, good for the growth of the family tbh)
haha!!! I recognize her, too. She's doing a great job helping new immigrants settle in the UK.
Yes, she is amazing! She got promotely quickly. She is Fiona.
HK spirit will never die!!! Whenever we are facing CCP or any difficulties, we will find a way🤲🏻
Go and read Article 1 of the Basic Law, and for your information, it reads, "Hong Kong is an inalienable part of China." That is if you can read and understand plain and simple English.😂😂😂
7up, not sprite
Don't worry you will soon find out just as Rishi Sunak did, you are not the type they want despite the protestation of freedom, human rights and democracy. These concepts are reserved for another type of skin other than yours. 😂😂😂
@@hangtuah888 Maybe you should read the basic law again yourself, acquaint yourself with the high degree of autonomy part and find me the chapter where Beijing is allowed to unilaterally impose a National Security Law.
I can't believe you'd actually bring up that basic law given it's been sh#t all over by Beijing. Unbelievable,.
@@hangtuah888 Oh do me a favour! The current UK government has numerous ethnic minorities as well as females in senior cabinet positions and Rishi not getting the top job had zero to do with his skin colour and everything to do with some massive errors he made as he burnt the wrong bridges.
Meanwhile in China name me a single CCP politburo member who isn't ethnically Han Chinese or even one who isnt male. I thought Mao said that women held up half the sky? So how come not a single one in a position of power in the Chinese gov?
You're so full of sh#it Wumao you really are. Mainland Chinese are massively xenophobic and racist. Just look at the Uighurs FFS! You treat your ethnic minorities like zoo animals..Good for dancing for tourists - that's about it.
Good for those (including some of my siblings and their families) 140,000 hongkongers to move to the place they chose. I am happy living in Hong Kong taking care of my inlaws while their son's family moved out of Hong Kong . I like the government here even though she's not perfect. I have a BNO and lived in a small town called Dewsbury in West Yorksire 40 years ago. People were nice, but I didn't like the weather.
The Worst part is they forgot United Kingdom colonize Hong Kong and Loot their country , and sold them Opium in large scale on the streets turning all the people to be addicts,
And humiliated their tradition and culture and martial Arts .
And destroyed their Navy during Opium War and had use them as slaves.
Now they're in United Kingdom talking about being worried the kids will be brainwashed by Hong Kongners. 😂🤣
They're sick Defectors.
Please don't go back to Hong Kong,
A person with no sense of history has no right to open it's mouth.
Just zombie moving around .
As a Hker who just moved to UK thanks for the warm welcome UK
good luck. i hope you enjoy being second rate citizen. i know i didn't like it when i'm treated like one in the US
Thanks BBC , do a great job
The Worst part is they forgot United Kingdom colonize Hong Kong and Loot their country , and sold them Opium in large scale on the streets turning all the people to be addicts,
And humiliated their tradition and culture and martial Arts .
And destroyed their Navy during Opium War and had use them as slaves.
Now they're in United Kingdom talking about being worried the kids will be brainwashed by Hong Kongners. 😂🤣
They're sick Defectors.
Please don't go back to Hong Kong,
A person with no sense of history has no right to open it's mouth.
Just zombie moving around .
Back when Hong Kong was still a British Crown Colony many Hong Kongers sent their children to boarding school in the UK to have a British education. These children have grown up in both the UK and Hong Kong and have realised the value of a true British democratic society which upholds their freedoms and rights. Many have been educated here and have now made the UK their home now. It is sad to see how much Hong Kong has changed, democratically, over the past 25 years. Unfortunately those who were born shortly after 1997 do not have the choice to move to the UK.
Most HK emigrant had gone back to HK realising HK is a better place to make a living.
FYI, british education system is dated. More overseas students are going to China for further study nowadays.
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The UK is police state compared to the United States. Hurt feelings and thought police are everywhere.
Interesting. Now it’s CCP hypocrite government who send their kids to UK to be educated and get better citizenship.
@Trevor
Time had changed. More overseas students choose China nowadays.
The days UK make easy money from Chinese students are numbered.
The guy who posted the women's addresses has broken UK data protection laws and can be sued. Two wrongs on't make a right. He's not showing he's better.
Oh please, if UK truly cares for Hongkongers, UK would have granted everyone in Hong Kong UK citizenship prior to 1997! Just like what the Portuguese did for Macauese before 1999! Everyone born in Macau prior to 1999 were granted Portuguese citizenship automatically by the Portuguese Government.
I don't think they can because the handed Hong Kong over to China, it's not under UK control do the people in after 1997 don't have UK citizenship.
Because since Day 1, the UK has betrayed Hong Kong to please communist China!
In the UK we are supposed to have freedom of speech. People should be able to say pro-democracy slogans without fear.
Is that why they arresting people commenting about Andrew. Free speech FOOL 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
There’s also a TV clip on Sky News about a group of Anti Royalist protesters and they were told to put away their slogans and banners or else face arrest. Climate activist are also escorted away by the police. Every country is more or less the same and no country is perfect.
@@slobodanpaunovic3834 🤣😂👍👌😁😗
@@slobodanpaunovic3834 At least the UK is still 35 out of 180 in terms of Freedom Index, while China is near at a North Korean level of 175 out of 180.
@@mitjed
It is true UK has the FreeDOOM to massacre million civilians who can't speak for themselves in iraq Syria and Afghanistan, creating million homeless refugees and letting them died from disease and hunger.
Cheers FreeDOOM!!!
Thank you for UK policy and UK people. Great culture. We enjoy being here.
Thank you very much BBC, this is a very good reporting.
The EU should also welcome them with open arms. I was furious when the UK and the EU made such a weak response after the CCP destroyed the guaranteed democracy and broke all contracts.
As a British born Chinese, interesting perspective to see from all the HK movement to UK shores
@主人說殖奴殖畜今天不出栏 oh ok, I didn’t realise a differentiation in terms of naming happened. I’ll take note going forward, thanks
Under the sky, under the heavens, there is but one family. It just so happens that people are different.
- Bruce Lee
who's to say the Chinese didn't take the opportunity to slip some moles when Britain open its doors to these Hong Kongers..
I think the UK government opening their doors to some HKers is really admirable and noble. I wish other commonwealth countries would do the same. But I need to stress that they really should do some vetting and background checks before letting them in. Those taking up the Pro-Gov stance should not be taken in, you don’t want them to spread propaganda for the opposite team.
Childish
Too late for that. The UK already has far more mainland Chinese immigrants who, as I’m sure you would expect, will NOT sympathise with these Hong Kong immigrants.
Commonwealth countries like Australia and Canada have been welcoming Hongkonger immigrants for decades.
They are pretty lucky to be able to start their new lives in the UK, whereas many people in Hong Kong have nowhere to go.
How are local people supposed to buy a house when Hong Kongers are willing to pay 600,000+
ridiculous. Why didn't show the damage they caused to Hong Kong in the beginning. Why does their so-called freedom have to be commanded remotely by Europeans and Americans? Why did the leaders of the riots have a lot to gain. This is BBC.
my mom is from hong kong and always talked about returning home . but we are settled in san francisco bay area. the news has made many feel sad for our hong kong now. much love to all. we will always return to visit. and we are so glad to hear there is a way out for the youth. and future hong kongers to have freedom of speech and freedom to teach their children cantonese
I've traveled to Hong Kong over 15 times. It's probably the most photogenic city in Asia.
And it's got such ethnic diversity. But leave it to the Communists to damper the party.
Ethnic diversity as in mostly the foreign South Asian domestic helpers? The ones who are not treated particularly well?
Thanks for your helping Hong Kongers.
who's to say the Chinese didn't take the opportunity to slip some moles when Britain open its doors to these Hong Kongers..