爭取領前就要敢跨出腳步

 究竟人言報呢篇文想點呢？係想鼓勵多啲首觸「移居」巨嬰帝國？定係恐嚇班（大多數的）首觸唔夠實力去到巨嬰帝國就只會乞米？點都好喇，點隻歌俾班首觸聽先：

信報 2022年6月30日

Mark O’Neill EJ Insight

Epidemic and 40-year-high inflation stalk HK migrants in UK

The website of the Trinity Church in Sutton, southwest London, is written in English and traditional Chinese – 歡迎香港人, Welcome Hong Kong people. "The middle of a pandemic is not an easy time to arrive in a new country and we want to support you as you settle here," it reads.

This is the work of Methodist minister Kan Yu, who emigrated from Hong Kong to Britain 20 years ago and has set up the Sutton Hongkongers Fellowship with more than 250 members. "We offer immigrants a way to share their language, culture and emotions," she said.

The Trinity Church is one of 650 churches in the UK which have united to support the new arrivals. Its website offers help with education, finding a job, housing, visas and obtaining domestic help.

Hong Kong is experiencing its largest emigration since before 1997 and its biggest in history to the United Kingdom, which allows holders of BNO passports to emigrate, without the stringent conditions most countries use to select immigrants.

According to British government statistics, since it launched the scheme, about 123,400 Hong Kong people have applied for an entry visa and 113,742 received approval.

Of the arrivals so far, most are between 35 and 54 years old, 72 per cent are married and 60 per cent have one or more children. Almost 70 per cent have a degree, a study found.

In Britain, everything is different – weather, cuisine, lifestyle, social customs and lack of cheap domestic help. Covid-19 still infects the population. In May, UK inflation hit a 40-year-high of 9.1 per cent year-on-year.

Such has been the rush to leave that many have found the move difficult, struggling to find jobs, bank mortgages and the schools they want for their children.

To minimise British tax liability, most migrants sold their apartment in Hong Kong and brought all their savings.

Angie Chan and her husband bought a house in Reading, west of London, after selling their HK apartment for more than HK$4 million. This enabled them to buy a three-bedroom home with a garden. Angie's husband has kept his job in IT by working remotely, but has taken a pay cut of 50 per cent. Angie, 42, is learning to drive.

"It is not easy learning new skills when you are middle aged," she said. "Everything is worth it because we have our freedom here."

In March 2021, Anne Leung moved with her husband, three children and two large dogs and rented a house in southwest England. Her husband works as a project manager for a NGO. Because they had friends in Hong Kong in jail, they decided to leave. But they could not obtain a mortgage from a bank, because they had been living in UK for less than a year.

Like the Leungs, new arrivals find it difficult to get a mortgage, because British banks want to know the source of funds for the down payment to ensure that it is "clean".

Raymond Chong, chief executive of StarPro Agency, a mortgage referral brokerage firm, said that it was common to take 12 months to obtain a mortage because of all the paperwork demanded by the banks. The quickest way is to pay entirely in cash – in this case, the buyer only needs to convince the lawyer that the money was "clean".

Education is a major factor driving parents to leave. They do not want their children to receive the "patriotic education" to be given here, with controls on what can be written, said and discussed.

But this is no simple matter either. Only the wealthy can afford a private school in Britain. For the majority of migrants, that means a state school, whose quality varies widely. To be eligible for a good one, you must live within its catchment area -- its houses are more expensive as a result.

Like British people, Hong Kong migrants do intense research on the location of the best schools and their neighbourhoods. A British government report this month said that more than 8,500 Hong Kong students had applied for British school places since last September.

One of the most popular is Solihull, a wealthy suburb of Birmingham. A spokeswoman for the city council said that it had received more than 800 applications from Hong Kong children. "This has put unusual pressure on the number of places available. Pupils may not be able to obtain a place at their nearest or most preferred school," she said.

David Wong is a Chinese medical doctor in Kowloon. "My choice of speciality meant that I cannot easily emigrate. I used to play tennis regularly but no longer. All my partners have emigrated. Some are successful and some are not.

"The key is research and preparation. Some spent months on finding out where to live, work and find a school for their children. They are prospering. Others left in a burst of emotion, anger against the police and the government, but without preparation. They are struggling," he said.

The exodus is likely to continue. The UK government expects more than 300,000 Hongkongers in the first five years of the programme. Kan Yu and her fellow pastors have much work ahead of them.

１. This is the work of Methodist minister Kan Yu, who emigrated from Hong Kong to Britain 20 years ago and has set up the Sutton Hongkongers Fellowship with more than 250 members. "We offer immigrants a way to share their language, culture and emotions," she said.

咦？咁講法係咪即係話呢班 Hongkongers 都要聚在一起大講我城方言，活在巷式社交圈子，完全融入唔到當地社區呢？

２. Of the arrivals so far, most are between 35 and 54 years old, 72 per cent are married and 60 per cent have one or more children....Such has been the rush to leave that many have found the move difficult, struggling to find jobs, bank mortgages and the schools they want for their children.

成班中剷廢中廢老都係為咗下一代，臨老過唔到花繼續捱騾仔做工資奴減人工求人聘請求錢莊借貸。不認不認還須認，咁都唔係由我城的中剷「大爺」淪為二等公民，咁點先叫二等公民呢？

３. To minimise British tax liability, most migrants sold their apartment in Hong Kong and brought all their savings. Angie Chan and her husband bought a house in Reading, west of London, after selling their HK apartment for more than HK$4 million. This enabled them to buy a three-bedroom home with a garden. Angie's husband has kept his job in IT by working remotely, but has taken a pay cut of 50 per cent. Angie, 42, is learning to drive."It is not easy learning new skills when you are middle aged," she said. "Everything is worth it because we have our freedom here."

估唔到呢位４２碎巷婦「安豬」及ＩＴ狗老公豬會為咗慳返啲巨嬰稅而賣咗我城層樓，套現４球幾我城貨幣而唔做收租仔，仲話呢４球幾我城貨幣夠在雷丁買個三房連花園的 home（house？）云云，卻又唔見呢位「安豬」感謝特衰正苦維持前朝的「高樓價政策」，等佢「透支了我城有青的未來」而來到米帝置業，仲寸寸貢話ＩＴ狗老公豬人工減半，自己又四張幾嘢先學揸車唔緊要，最緊要就係有「豉油」咁話。真係唔知身在米帝比身在我城多咗邊忽「豉油」？

４. In March 2021, Anne Leung moved with her husband, three children and two large dogs and rented a house in southwest England. Her husband works as a project manager for a NGO. Because they had friends in Hong Kong in jail, they decided to leave. But they could not obtain a mortgage from a bank, because they had been living in UK for less than a year.

呢位阿 Anne 同老公豬仲有三個「小朋友」加兩隻大狗真係一個大型中剷家庭。除咗老公豬係工資奴之外，阿 Anne 姐就唔知有無做嘢 — 如果係雙職家庭的話即係要係嬰國請返一個（幾個）工人姐姐去照顧三位「小朋友」同兩隻狗狗？一闊三大都咪話唔「溶」！

又，，阿 Anne 姐出走米帝的原因都幾搞笑，就係因為有貧友被捕判監，咁佢地就唔理呢位首觸，反而自己走咗去！連探監師都唔做？「齊上齊落」、「核爆都唔割」更加唔知去咗邊。因為貧友被捕便着草，咁嘅理由唔通真係身有屎？係咪有份揸家長車去保你大「接放學」？

５. Education is a major factor driving parents to leave. They do not want their children to receive the "patriotic education" to be given here, with controls on what can be written, said and discussed....One of the most popular is Solihull, a wealthy suburb of Birmingham. A spokeswoman for the city council said that it had received more than 800 applications from Hong Kong children. "This has put unusual pressure on the number of places available. Pupils may not be able to obtain a place at their nearest or most preferred school," she said.

原來我城的「愛國教育」係控制「小朋友」可以寫什麼、講什麼、討論什麼...咁黃營的「反正苦文宣」都係一樣控制「小朋友」可以寫什麼、講什麼、討論什麼...甚至見到其他唔同立場的人說要鶳、裝修；相比起來「愛國教育」都無「反正苦文宣」咁專制呢！

又，傷民有錢就是任性，去到嬰國又走去搶當地人的學位，咁仲唔係「巷蝗」？

６. "The key is research and preparation. Some spent months on finding out where to live, work and find a school for their children. They are prospering. Others left in a burst of emotion, anger against the police and the government, but without preparation. They are struggling," he said.

真係幾好笑。都話自反國教後傷民愈來愈感性同濫情，個世界就圍住「小朋友」轉，到得「小朋友」變成有青，一樣可以賺得傷民「同情」，轉而成為黃人。黃人吓吓講「首觸」、「齊上齊落」、「核爆都唔割」，幾乎要歃血為盟，在 brotherhood 的氛圍之下當然就容易情緒化、憎恨正苦同 popo，乜都未準備好人走你又走，羊群心態當然就瀨哂嘢喇！

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