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The UK last year rolled at its own talent scheme to recruit teachers from overseas. Photo: AP

Exclusive | 1,887 Hong Kong teachers apply to work in England under education talent scheme

Data obtained by Post shows about 800 applicants already approved under UK scheme targeting educators from nine new jurisdictions.

21 Oct 2024 - 8:30AMvideocam

Hongkongers will need to pay to enter UK next year with electronic travel permit

12 Sep 2024 - 3:48PM

Being Chinese | How I transcended my Hong Kong identity crisis

4 Sep 2024 - 7:01PM

150,400 Hongkongers have moved to UK using BN(O) pathway

British authorities say application numbers are decreasing, with only about 5,700 received in most recent quarter.

22 Aug 2024 - 10:48PMvideocam

The Canary Wharf district in London. Britain launched the citizenship pathway after Beijing imposed the national security law on Hong Kong in June 2020. Photo: Bloomberg

Muslim Hongkongers’ safety fears in UK as anti-immigration riots rock England

Muslim Council of Hong Kong chairman Adeel Malik, who now lives in Birmingham, says community checking on safety of family and friends.

8 Aug 2024 - 1:23AM

Hongkongers warned to exercise caution in the UK amid anti-immigration riots

A stabbing attack on July 29 that killed three children and injured 10 others triggered violence that has spread throughout the country.

6 Aug 2024 - 9:55PM

Higher VAT to hit UK private schools, but experts say Hong Kong families unfazed

Consultants add the VAT roll-out is likely to be charged in phases and schools may not pass on all the tax burden to parents.

30 Jul 2024 - 7:58PM

The independent school sector in the UK admitted over 62,000 overseas students in 2024, and pupils from mainland China and Hong Kong comprise the largest groups. Photo: Shutterstock

UK property market sees green shoots as buyers eye rate cut, lower mortgage rates

Hong Kong- and mainland China-based buyers could return to UK property markets on prospects of lower interest rates and mortgage costs.

22 Jul 2024 - 9:30AM

Number of Hong Kong students at state schools in England rises by nearly a third

Birmingham, Nottinghamshire and Barnet the most popular choices, government survey finds.

21 Jul 2024 - 9:58PM

My Take | BN(O) scheme more a cruel trap than ticket to paradise

For many, life under the migration scheme to escape ‘tyrannical’ Hong Kong has turned into a vale of tears.

16 Jul 2024 - 9:00PM

A copy of a British National (Overseas) passport is shown outside the UK consulate general office in Hong Kong on October 23, 2019. File photo: EPA-EFE

Opinion | 3 factors that will shape Britain’s China policy under Labour

The British economy’s woes, US influence and tension between chasing growth and upholding British values will guide Labour’s policymaking.

11 Jul 2024 - 8:30PMvideocam

UK’s BN(O) scheme for Hongkongers unlikely to change under Labour, analysts say

But rise of anti-immigration Reform UK party could increase resistance to BN(O) policy in the long run, experts say.

6 Jul 2024 - 12:54AMvideocam

Hongkongers in UK flex political muscles as the country goes to the polls

The new wave of Hong Kong migrants in Britain have already engaged politically and the three main UK-wide parties have included city in manifestos.

4 Jul 2024 - 12:27AM

The FOMO is real for China’s eager emigrants who see a move as now or never

Middle-class Chinese with the means to move abroad see a rapidly closing window of opportunity as developed countries tighten immigration policies, and the race is on as applicant interest surges.

7 Jun 2024 - 6:00AMvideocam

Number of Hongkongers applying for BN(O) visas rises amid Article 23 law passage

UK government receives 29,571 out-of-country British National (Overseas) visa applications between January and March, 150.6 per cent increase over same period in 2023.

24 May 2024 - 11:30PM

People sit near the London Eye. So far, 144,400 Hongkongers have arrived in the UK since the BN(O) scheme was launched in 2021. Photo: AFP

‘Get involved and give back’: who are the Hongkongers being elected to UK councils?

First ex-Hong Kong district councillor to be elected to UK local authority hopes other new arrivals will also get involved in politics.

18 May 2024 - 8:06PM

Explainer | What is UK National Security Act and how does it compare with Hong Kong law?

The UK says its national security legislation is designed to cover areas such as espionage, sabotage, working for foreign powers, and terrorism, and introduces new offences.

21 May 2024 - 6:53PM

Canada to grant special work permits to Hongkongers seeking permanent residency

New measure to be implemented on May 27 onwards, remain in place for five years to allow applicants to extend temporary status in Canada, Ottawa says.

8 May 2024 - 3:40PM

Canada is working to keep Hong Kong permanent residency applicants from returning home. Photo: AFP

Former Hong Kong district councillor elected to UK local authority

‘They have chosen a Hongkonger to represent them in the council because we share similar values,’ Andy Ng says after UK local authority election victory

20 May 2024 - 4:55PM

Hong Kong minister tells UK official BN(O) passports invalid as proof of identity

Treasury chief Christopher Hui seeks to clear up confusion over whether residents on UK citizenship pathway can withdraw pensions at meeting with visiting British minister.

25 Apr 2024 - 4:00PM

Hong Kong schools lost 4,600 pupils in 2022-23 as emigration wave slowed

Two school council heads say student withdrawals have been ‘dying down’, with only a handful leaving in the past 1½ years.

14 Apr 2024 - 4:09PM

Two Hong Kong school council heads say pupil withdrawals have been ‘dying down’, with only a handful leaving in the past 1½ years. Photo: Dickson Lee

Australia gives permanent residency to 680 Hongkongers in second year of scheme

Australia has exempted Hongkongers in the country from tightened language requirements for graduate work visas, but some worry over new age rules.

1 Apr 2024 - 9:00AM

Sydney’s Opera House and Harbour Bridge. Fewer than five applications for Australia’s bespoke migration pathway have been rejected in its second year. Photo: AFP

BN(O) scheme lures Hongkongers in their prime and ‘hard to replace’

People in their 30s and 40s who left are a big loss of talent and babies too, population expert says.

24 Feb 2024 - 4:48PM

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3-year decline in number of Hongkongers applying for UK universities

But figures may not reflect applicants who relocated through BN(O) pathway as they may have declared themselves as UK domiciled.

15 Feb 2024 - 9:22PM

Veteran Hong Kong basketball star Li off to European Championships with Team GB

Dale Li thought his playing days were behind him when he relocated to Nottingham, now he’s preparing to suit up against best in Europe.

12 Feb 2024 - 4:33PM

Dale Li (right) in action at the GB Maxibasketball trials. Photo: Handout

Drop in Hong Kong teachers quitting, HK$10.1 billion withdrawn from provident funds

In 2022-23 school year, 3,334 teachers from both subsidised and grant schools left their roles, accounting for 6 per cent overall decline compared with previous year.

31 Jan 2024 - 9:05PM

Family, relatives and friends bid farewell to their loved ones leaving the city in 2021. Before the emigration wave, less than 40 per cent of educators withdrew their retirement funds due to resignation. Photo: Dickson Lee

Barred from pro sports, ex-Hong Kong athletes, coaches adjust to life in Britain

Former sports figures hope Britain will drop BN(O) visa scheme’s ban on migrants continuing pro careers.

29 Jan 2024 - 8:30AM

Opinion | Why Chinese immigrants feel frozen out of the UK political scene

The community of Chinese immigrants in Britain used to take pride in members of the diaspora succeeding in British politics, but that is no longer the case. As Sino-British relations have soured, more mainland migrants have started living in the UK according to China’s unspoken rules and dare not speak out.

27 Dec 2023 - 8:32PMvideocam

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British National (Overseas) passport

Ahead of Hong Kong's return to Chinese rule in 1997, Britain granted the city’s residents born before the handover British National (Overseas) passports that allowed them to stay in the country for up to six months. In July 2020, the British government offered Hongkongers with BN(O) status and their dependants a pathway to citizenship, in response to Beijing's imposition of the national security law. From January 31, 2021, they can apply for a visa to work or live in Britain for five years, before they are eligible to apply for citizenship.

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9 September, 2024