According to a recent poll conducted by The Chinese University of Hong Kong, as many as 43.9% of Hong Kong people want to emigrate, and one-third of them are preparing to emigrate, and the factors for wanting to emigrate or move abroad are all related to politics. The rating of Hong Kong as a suitable city to live in has fallen continuously to its lowest since the rating began in 2017.
According to the latest poll released Tuesday (Oct. 6) by The Chinese University of Hong Kong’s Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, 43.9 percent of Hong Kong people intend to emigrate or move abroad if they have the chance, while 15 percent have already prepared for emigration in the near future, a significant increase from last September’s survey. The percentage of those who did not plan to immigrate was 46.8%. The remainder said they did not know or had difficulty saying.
The location where respondents most wanted to emigrate was the United Kingdom (23.8 percent), followed by Australia (11.6 percent) and Taiwan (10.7 percent).
The survey also asked about Hong Kong people’s views on moving to the mainland. Nearly one in ten (9.5%) planned to move to the Mainland, while as many as nine in ten (87.6%) had no intention to do so.
According to the survey, “dissatisfaction with the SAR Government/Chief Executive/ dissatisfaction with government policies” was the most cited local factor for immigration (27.3%), followed by “too many political arguments/annoyance/political instability” (23.6%). The poll also showed that the most cited reasons for immigrants were “freedom (including freedom of speech)/human rights situation in Hong Kong/loss of freedom” (19.8%), and “Hong Kong’s politics is not democratic” (17.6%).
According to the poll, “freedom (including freedom of speech)/human rights situation is better” was the most cited reason for immigration, while other reasons included: more spacious living environment, more democratic political system, and relaxation of immigration conditions.
Compared to the 2017-2019 survey, the Chinese University of Hong Kong poll shows that the local factors and destinations that Hong Kong people want to immigrate to are first and foremost related to politics, according to the study.
Previously, Reuters commissioned the Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute (HKPORI) to conduct an opinion poll and released the results on August 30, showing that 59% of Hong Kong people oppose the Hong Kong version of the National Security Law and 31% support it, and support for the “five demands” of the anti-China movement has increased across the board.
According to a poll released by the Hong Kong Public Opinion Institute on August 11, the popularity of Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor has continued to drop. With a perfect score of 100 marks, she only scored 26.7 marks, with nearly 50% of the public giving her 0 marks.
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