{"id":132813,"date":"2022-10-27T13:12:13","date_gmt":"2022-10-27T05:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/?post_type=press&p=132813"},"modified":"2022-10-27T14:50:33","modified_gmt":"2022-10-27T06:50:33","slug":"survey-findings-on-views-about-emigration-from-hong-kong-released-by-the-hong-kong-institute-of-asia-pacific-studies-at-cuhk-3","status":"publish","type":"press","link":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/press\/survey-findings-on-views-about-emigration-from-hong-kong-released-by-the-hong-kong-institute-of-asia-pacific-studies-at-cuhk-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Survey findings on views about emigration from Hong Kong released by the Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies at CUHK"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","tags":[],"class_list":["post-132813","press","type-press","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"title_alt":"Survey findings on views about emigration from Hong Kong released by the Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies at CUHK","sub_title_alt":"","press_date":"20221027","keep":false,"details":"The Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies at The Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) conducted a telephone survey from 29 September to 14 October 2022 to gauge public views on Hong Kong people\u2019s intention of emigrating overseas or moving to mainland China. The main findings are as follows:\r\n\r\nThe respondents were asked to rate Hong Kong\u2019s liveability on a scale from 0 (very unliveable) to 100 (very liveable), with 50 indicating a neutral attitude. The current average rating from respondents for Hong Kong\u2019s liveability was 56.5. This year\u2019s score is not only significantly higher than that of last year (52.1), but also a second increment after that of 2020.\r\n\r\nOf the respondents who were successfully interviewed, 28.4% indicated they would emigrate overseas if they had the chance, which was significantly lower than in 2021 (42.0%), by 13.6 percentage points. Of those who would like to move, 34.0% had prepared to do so (equivalent to 9.2% of the total number of respondents). The percentage of those intending to move who had prepared to do so had not changed significantly from last year, but the percentage of the whole sample who had prepared to move dropped significantly compared to last year. \r\n\r\nOf those inclined to go, except for 27.0% who had not yet decided where they would move, the most popular destination was the UK (15.2%), followed by Canada (15.0%), Australia (6.1%) and Taiwan (5.9%). \r\n\r\nAggregated and sorted from the respondents\u2019 open answers, the top four push factors for respondents intending to move were: \u201cexcessive political disputes\/unstable politics\u201d (16.5%), \u201ccollapsing liberty, human rights or freedom of information\u201d (15.0%), \u201cundemocratic political system\/waning democracy\/no more democratic elections\u201d (13.4%) and \u201cdismal economic situation\/overcast economic future\u201d (13.1%). The top four pull factors were: \u201cample living space\u201d (24.2%), \u201cmore liberty\/freedom of information\u201d (19.2%), \u201cdemocratic political systems\/checks and balances to the administration\u201d (14.5%) and \u201call-around education of better quality\u201d (12.3%). \r\n\r\nAround three-fifths of the respondents (59.3%) reckoned that the current \u201ctidal emigration\u201d is a loss to the long-term development of Hong Kong, while 15.3% did not see any impact. Only a tenth (11.2%) had a positive outlook. \r\n\r\nThe survey also asked about respondents\u2019 intention to move to Mainland China. Over a tenth (11.3%) of all respondents said they would like to do so, a similar level as last year (11.6%). Among them, the top four push factors were: \u201ccramped living space\u201d (23.3%), \u201cdismal economic situation\/no economic future\u201d (17.5%), \u201cexcessive consumer prices\u201d (14.5%) and \u201chigh-flying housing prices\u201d (13.4%). The top four pull factors from Mainland China were: \u201cample living space\u201d (37.0%), \u201cbrighter economic prospects\u201d (15.4%), \u201clower consumer prices\u201d (15.2%) and \u201caffordable housing prices\/easier to own a residence\u201d (15.2%).\r\n\r\nA total of 705 respondents aged 18 or above were successfully interviewed, with response rates of 23.2% (landline) and 22.8% (mobile). 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