UK government announced a £43 million support package for people from Hong Kong moving to the UK
Isle of Dogs already has a large ethnic chinese community & is the place in the UK most like HK, Limehouse was the 1st home for British chinese community
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scmp.com/news/hong-kong…
Isle of Dogs already has a large ethnic chinese community & is the place in the UK most like HK, Limehouse was the 1st home for British chinese community
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scmp.com/news/hong-kong…
The government programme includes £ for 12 Welcome hubs plus £ for English classes & welcome packs
gov.uk/guidance/welco…
A number of new homes are being built locally by HK companies (FEC) or with HK investment (Millharbour)
So @going4golds & I will be asking how TH Council
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gov.uk/guidance/welco…
A number of new homes are being built locally by HK companies (FEC) or with HK investment (Millharbour)
So @going4golds & I will be asking how TH Council
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is preparing for new arrivals
As tweet below shows reason for leaving is not economic but political (HK if a country is much richer per person then the UK is)
We do not know size of migration from HK to UK yet and where will settle but it would be good to be prepared
But Tower
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As tweet below shows reason for leaving is not economic but political (HK if a country is much richer per person then the UK is)
We do not know size of migration from HK to UK yet and where will settle but it would be good to be prepared
But Tower
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https://twitter.com/benedictrogers/status/1385137937373872130
Hamlets has a history of being the 1st home in the UK for many immigrant groups
On balance I think it will be a good thing for TH but we need to prepare the welcome mat, to make settling in quick & easy
But main concerns are related to physical place making issues - increasing
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On balance I think it will be a good thing for TH but we need to prepare the welcome mat, to make settling in quick & easy
But main concerns are related to physical place making issues - increasing
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density, need for supporting infrastructure & how to accommodate & ensure high quality of life in a place this dense (ironically may need to learn some lessons from HK itself!)
New arrivals may mean that population of the area does not decline due to COVID & home working as
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New arrivals may mean that population of the area does not decline due to COVID & home working as
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some predicted
But will people from HK want to settle here? do they find TH attractive?
Will be extremely interesting to find out
But this also depends on how much Chinese Communist Party wants to damage HK as well, do they want to push HK people away?
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But will people from HK want to settle here? do they find TH attractive?
Will be extremely interesting to find out
But this also depends on how much Chinese Communist Party wants to damage HK as well, do they want to push HK people away?
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