#Report: Hong Kong Population Growth Mainly from Chinese Immigration; Scholar Concerned for Erosion of Local Values and Culture
It has been 25 years since the return of Hong Kong to the Chinese sovereignty in 1997. The city's population has since grown by around 1 million. According to government statistics, 1.12 million Chinese have moved to Hong Kong via one-way visa from 1997 to the end of 2021.
The RFA's investigation report found a noticeable shift in the city's population structure.
While low birth rate among local Hongkongers and growing trend of emigration created a dent in population, the gap is quickly being replenished by "new Hong Kong citizens" - an phrase coined by Chinese state media People's Daily, describing immigrants from the mainland. By the report's conservative estimate, about one in 7 to 10 citizens in Hong Kong is a "new Hong Kong citizen."
The report further elaborated that as a result of such shift in population structure, the local community has become "Sinicized", becoming more like China with fewer Cantonese speakers, but more who speak Putonghua and English.
The number of China-owned media outlets are also growing in Hong Kong.
For the first time, a new immigrant from China has sworn in as a legislator this year. He took his vow in Mandarin.
Yip Kwok-ho, honorary professor of CUHK's School of Social Sciences, said that this phenomenon is "natural and inevitable." However, he is concerned that the local value system and culture is being diminished and eroded.
Source: Radio France Asia; #Apr1
https://bit.ly/3xkUpvp
#CulturalIdentity #Migration
It has been 25 years since the return of Hong Kong to the Chinese sovereignty in 1997. The city's population has since grown by around 1 million. According to government statistics, 1.12 million Chinese have moved to Hong Kong via one-way visa from 1997 to the end of 2021.
The RFA's investigation report found a noticeable shift in the city's population structure.
While low birth rate among local Hongkongers and growing trend of emigration created a dent in population, the gap is quickly being replenished by "new Hong Kong citizens" - an phrase coined by Chinese state media People's Daily, describing immigrants from the mainland. By the report's conservative estimate, about one in 7 to 10 citizens in Hong Kong is a "new Hong Kong citizen."
The report further elaborated that as a result of such shift in population structure, the local community has become "Sinicized", becoming more like China with fewer Cantonese speakers, but more who speak Putonghua and English.
The number of China-owned media outlets are also growing in Hong Kong.
For the first time, a new immigrant from China has sworn in as a legislator this year. He took his vow in Mandarin.
Yip Kwok-ho, honorary professor of CUHK's School of Social Sciences, said that this phenomenon is "natural and inevitable." However, he is concerned that the local value system and culture is being diminished and eroded.
Source: Radio France Asia; #Apr1
https://bit.ly/3xkUpvp
#CulturalIdentity #Migration
Telegraph
【新．移民潮（二）】港過去25年主要增長動力來自「新香港人」學者擔心獨特本土價值和文化遭受衝擊 - RFA 自由亞洲電台粵語部
「後國安時代」下，香港回歸將踏入25年，人口增長近100萬人。本台深入跟進發現，當中香港人口結構「大換血」，香港本地人「生育少、移民多」帶來的人口空缺，由「新香港人」填補，保守估算約7至10人中就有1名「新香港人」；同時社會趨向大陸化，說廣東話的人變少，反而說普通話和英文就增多；在港大陸媒體近年倍增，今屆立法會更首現「港漂」議員以普通話宣誓。有香港學者向本台分析指出，這情況是「自然、亦必然發生」，他較為擔心的是，原有香港獨特本土價值和文化遭受衝擊和洗刷，「對香港的發展是好是壞」？ 「新香港人」一詞源自《人民日報》…