attitudes towards failed expatriates posted on Thursday, December 02, 2004
STILL OUT: Visa-free entry for mainlanders. Hong Kong is not about to experience a sudden flood of incoming mainland Chinese; border traffic will remain tightly regulated. (Still, some 55,000 legal mainland immigrants will continue to come over annually.)
http://www.asiaweek.com/asiaweek/97/0620/hkio.html
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Already, many of the expatriates who have lived in Hong Kong for years and sometimes decades are now leaving. What the 1997 Handover failed to do in driving off skilled professionals, the 1998 and 2001 economic downturn has done more profoundly. The derogatory term of FILTHK (Failed In London, Try Hong Kong) has been replaced with FIHKTS (Failed in Hong Kong, Try Shanghai) as many westerners, OBCs (Overseas Born Chinese), and local Hong Kong business people flock towards the mainland cities for jobs and opportunities.
http://www.apmforum.com/columns/china-recon1.htm
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OUT: Visa-free entry for Brits. In recent years, Hong Kong saw a large influx of FILTH (Failed In London, Try Hong Kong), who took advantage of their British passports to corner the job market in sandwich-selling, cappuccino-peddling, bar-tending and English-tutoring. The easy ridin', however, has now come to an end, and FILTHy types will need to apply for a work permit like everyone else.
STILL OUT: Visa-free entry for mainlanders. Hong Kong is not about to experience a sudden flood of incoming mainland Chinese; border traffic will remain tightly regulated. (Still, some 55,000 legal mainland immigrants will continue to come over annually.)
http://www.asiaweek.com/asiaweek/97/0620/hkio.html
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Already, many of the expatriates who have lived in Hong Kong for years and sometimes decades are now leaving. What the 1997 Handover failed to do in driving off skilled professionals, the 1998 and 2001 economic downturn has done more profoundly. The derogatory term of FILTHK (Failed In London, Try Hong Kong) has been replaced with FIHKTS (Failed in Hong Kong, Try Shanghai) as many westerners, OBCs (Overseas Born Chinese), and local Hong Kong business people flock towards the mainland cities for jobs and opportunities.
http://www.apmforum.com/columns/china-recon1.htm
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