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Written by: Cheng Yihua
2019-11-30 21:46
Last updated: 2019-11-30 21:47Large-scale demonstrations have broken out in Hong Kong since June, and the campaign has lasted for many months. British media reported on November 29 that many wealthy elites in Hong Kong are considering immigration and seeking safe havens overseas. The preferred targets include the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.
Hong Kong's anti-revision demonstrations have been going on for almost half a year since June (Getty Images)
Number of inquiries received from Hong Kong customers increased
Pan Lin, a real estate agent based in New York, said in an interview with the BBC that she had received more inquiries from customers in Hong Kong recently than before the demonstrations in Hong Kong, including locals and those who settled in Hong Kong. Mainlanders.
The real estate agent said that many clients plan to arrange for their children to study first, so they will choose to buy properties around the school, such as near New York University in Lower Manhattan, where the property prices are often millions of dollars, but Compared with property prices in central Hong Kong, it is still relatively cheap.
New York is the top destination for many Hong Kongers when considering immigration (Getty Images)
New York and California are two major destinations
The BBC also quoted New York's immigration lawyer Sun Wenjie as saying that there are currently more than 10 young Hong Kong people asking him about investment immigration affairs. Relatively speaking, there are only a handful of similar customers in the past. He said that these customers are usually about 25 to 35 years old, many I am a Hong Konger who has experience studying in the United States.
He said that New York and California are the top two destinations for Hong Kong customers. In addition, Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom are the preferred targets for these elites.
The picture shows a residential area in Dublin, the capital of Ireland. (Getty Images)
Irish companies receive a large number of Hong Kong queries
Another British media, The Sunday Times, also reported earlier that due to the effect of successive monthly demonstrations in Hong Kong, Irish immigrant real estate companies have received a large number of inquiries from Hong Kong people, which has a sharp upward trend compared with the past figures.
Reuters also reported in June that some of Hong Kong's richest people were worried and began to transfer their assets overseas, with Singapore being regarded as an ideal place.
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