A telephone survey was conducted from 11 to 17 December 2018 by the Hong Kong Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, to gauge public views on emigration from Hong Kong. Successfully interviewed were 708 respondents aged 18 or above, with a response rate of 37.3%. The sampling error is plus or minus 3.68 percentage points at a confidence level of 95%. <\/p>
Major findings are summarised as follows:<\/strong> <\/p> One third (34%) of the respondents indicated they would emigrate if they had the chance. Compared to a similar survey a year ago (September 2017), there is no statistically significant change. Among those who would like to move, 16.2% have acted to prepare for the move (equivalent to 5.5% of the total number of the respondents). The differences were not statistically significant when compared with those of last year. <\/p> A breakdown to the tendency of emigration by age groups or levels of education indicated that the younger generation (18–30, 51%) had a higher tendency to emigrate than did the older generation (51 and over, 21.1%). Moreover, more respondents with college or higher education (47.9%) indicated their intention to emigrate compared with the number of people of other levels of education. <\/p> Among those inclined to emigrate, 24.7% have not decided where they would move to. The three most popular destinations were Canada (18.8%), Australia (18.0%), and Taiwan (11.3%). <\/p> The respondents intended to stay were asked about the inviting aspects of life in Hong Kong. The top three aspects were “convenience of life” (46.9%), “a Chinese society \/ the language the majority speaks \/ accustomed to life \/ friendly society” (27.3%), and “good infrastructures and institutions” (25.9%). <\/p> For the respondents intended to move, the top three push factors were “too much political dispute \/ social cleavage” (25.7%), “overcrowded living conditions” (25.7%), and “dissatisfied with the political institutions” (17.4%). The top three pull factors were “ample living space” (35%), “better air quality, less pollution and beautiful environment” (22.3%), and “more liberty and better conditions for human rights” (15.6%). Compared with the survey results of last year, the top push and pull factors have not changed. <\/p> This survey also asked the respondents to rate Hong Kong’s quality of living, with a point scale ranging from 0 (very unsuitable) to 100 (very suitable), and 50 indicating “in-between”. The average score for Hong Kong as a livable city rated by the respondents was 62.1, a statistically significant drop from that of last year. <\/p> Only 6.7% of the respondents had foreign right of abode, and 32.8% had family members or relatives now living abroad.<\/p>","show_as_achievement":false,"achievement_category":[],"show_as_clarification":false,"show_as_announcement":false,"photos":null,"attachments":null,"video_source":null,"video_file":null,"add_play_button":false,"video_caption":"","show_migration":false,"original_id":"2947","photos_original":null,"attachments_original":[{"link":"5c2d8c4dde3cd.pdf","text":"Attachment (Chinese version only)"}]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press\/49913","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/press"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/press\/49913\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49913"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cpr.cuhk.edu.hk\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49913"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}