#Generation #Youth
The Choice of 2021 #DSE Top-Scorers in Hong Kong

In Hong Kong on July 21, 2021, the result of the pre-University public exam DSE was released.

Across the city, seven students obtained the highest score 5** in seven subjects. Three of them are "super scorers" in eight subjects.

Just two days before, on July 19, the Hong Kong International Airport was filled with people, who were departing the city for the UK. It was the last day of the special immigration scheme LOTR offered by the British government.

As the immigration wave continues, the drop-out rate in schoold surges in Hong Kong under the #NationalSecurityLaw. Seemingly, staying in the city is no longer a preference for many.

The seven top-scorers have already obtained their tickets to enter local universities without a doubt. However, under these circumstances, will they leave or stay? Speaking up or keeping silence?

Indeed, five out of the seven students plan to continue their studies in Hong Kong.

One top-scorer said, "Although Hong Kong has experienced a lot of changes in these two years, it is still my root. I choose to stay. Our freedom of speech may be narrowed, but we can take charge of our thoughts."

Source: Stand News #Jul21
https://youtu.be/GDf7RVOe7vg

#DSE #LOTR #UK #Immigration #FreedomofSpeech #HKairport

Pro-CCP organisation found in UK BNO policy Taskforce, triggering safety concerns for Hongkongers

#BNO #HongkongersInBritain #LOTR #immigration

Source: Stand News; #Aug18

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Pro-CCP organisation found in UK BNO policy Taskforce, triggering safety concerns for Hongkongers

British government's BNO policy consultation taskforce includes prominent members of the London China Town Chinese Association, says Hongkongers in Britain, a pro-democracy advocacy group for newcomers from Hong Kong.

The Chinese Association had pledged support to the implementation of National Security Law in Hong Kong, as well as having only the “patriots to rule Hong Kong.”

Hongkongers in Britain worried that involvement of pro-CCP organization members in these policies could cause safety concerns to Hong Kong people in the UK, many of whom had recently immigrated to the UK on their British Nationals Overseas (BNO) passports. The advocacy group urged the British government to prohibit those pro-CCP organizations from entering official BNO policy committees.

The London China Town Chinese Association, however, did not respond to media inquiry on this matter.

Hongkongers in Britain's website noted that Consultation Taskforce was formed by the Ministry of Housing, Communities, and Local Government to tackle BNO-related policies. The Taskforce does not have representatives from new Hong Kong immigrants, but does include members of the pro-CCP Chinese Association.

#BNO #HongkongersInBritain #LOTR #immigration
Source: Stand News; #Aug18

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#HKProtest #Exile
2 Years After PolyU Siege, 19-year-old HongKongers in Exile: "I Earnestly Want to Return to Hong Kong"

#AntiELAB #PolyUseige #LOTR #HongKongAidUK

Source: RFA; #Nov17

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https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/31792

#HKProtest #Exile
2 Years After PolyU Siege, 19-year-old HongKongers in Exile: "I Earnestly Want to Return to Hong Kong"

#AntiELAB #PolyUseige #LOTR #HongKongAidUK

Source: RFA; #Nov17

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https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/31808

#HKProtest #Exile
2 Years After PolyU Siege, 19-year-old HongKongers in Exile: "I Earnestly Want to Return to Hong Kong"

#AntiELAB #PolyUseige #LOTR #HongKongAidUK

Source: RFA; #Nov17

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https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/31813

#HKProtest #Exile
2 Years After PolyU Siege, 19-year-old HongKongers in Exile: "I Earnestly Want to Return to Hong Kong"

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https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/31791

Read Part 2:
https://t.me/guardiansofhongkong/31807

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People inside the city want to escape; people outside want to return

#HongKongWatch, a UK #HumanRights organisation, estimates that there are 120 political asylum seekers from HK at the moment and 200 to 300 HKers with a temporary or expired tourist visa in the UK.

Some UK #MPs suggested amending BNO application terms and conditions that a Hker could have the right to stay in the UK if one of the parents qualified for a #BNOvisa, including HK young people born after 1997.

The amendment bill is an aid for people like Ivan, whose parents do not want to leave for the UK and need to be political asylums.

The total amount of these people are estimated to be 100 thousand, expanding HKer groups in the UK. However, the #parliament rejects the decision after a 2-days discussion on Dec 8 due to the scale of expansion.

While people in the city try to get out very hard, people outside the city earnestly want to get back. Ivan hopes to see HKers can have shumai (a traditional Cantonese dim sum) at home together.

"I really want to return to Hong Kong"

Ivan sees Hong Kong as his home even though he is in the UK now. When he saw people giving applause welcoming the soldiers on Remembrance Day, he wished to have another Liberation Day for Hong Kong, the day when he could go back to Hong Kong.

He expressed, "I would like to say to everyone one day: let's return to HK. An ethnic group has nothing wrong to go back to their origin. Hong Kong was colonised by the UK and is colonised by the #CCP. I feel very unwilling as HKers have fought for a long term but can't make any decision for themselves. If Hong Kong is liberated one day, do still I have a chance to travel, or am I "lying in a box covered by a blanket"?"

No one can predict when it will be, but Ivan will continue to embrace this hope to survive in a foreign country.

#LOTR

Source: RFA #Nov17
https://www.rfa.org/cantonese/news/htm/hk-polyu-11172021060537.html