An anonymous post to the popular Hong Kong YouTube news channel Bastille Post may be considered culturally illuminating.
The news report, to which the post responded, said the UK Home Office disclosed that applications and arrivals from Hong Kong people under the BN(O) migration scheme have continued to decline since its introduction in 2021.
“Some people prefer to live in big houses, clean air, social equality, easy living, safe food and polite cities,” the sarcastic post says. “Some people prefer to live a hot, crowded, pressurised lifestyle, go north to dine on foods with no quality guarantee or protection, living like zombies in crowded subway trains.”
Actually, British houses in big cities are notoriously small, and there are now “cluster flats”, which are a lot like Hong Kong’s nano-flats and partitioned flats.
There used to be many Hong Kong people who idealised the United Kingdom and demonised their own country. There are far fewer of them now. BN(O) migrants have been given a dose of reality about contemporary Britain, with enough feedback going back to Hong Kong.
Meanwhile, Hong Kong people have finally broken down their mental barrier and discovered that nearby mainland cities are much more fun than theirs.
