Abstract
In the lead-up to the return of Hong Kong to Chinese sovereignty, emigration has been a major concern. The exodus of people first came to public notice during 1987 and, for the following three years, the subject was hardly out of the media. Since then, other issues have tended to preoccupy the public, with elections to the Legislative Council, increasing demands for democracy and relations with China understandably taking priority. Yet emigration, as an alternative to participation in local affairs, remains a strong undercurrent of feeling in Hong Kong, and the closer we come to 1 July 1997, the greater the anxiety to stay or to leave.
This is a preview of subscription content, log in via an institution to check access.
Access this chapter
Tax calculation will be finalised at checkout
Purchases are for personal use only
Preview
Unable to display preview. Download preview PDF.
Notes
R. Skeldon (ed.), Reluctant Exiles? Migration from Hong Kong and the New Overseas Chinese (Armonk, NY: M. E. Sharpe, 1994) and Migration from Hong Kong: Tendencies and Impacts (Hong Kong: The Chinese University Press, 1995).
Bureau of Immigration, Multicultural and Population Research (BIMPR), Community Profiles. 1991 Census: Hong Kong Bom (Canberra: Australian Government Publishing Service, 1995). The BIMPR, based in Melbourne and Canberra, changed its name several times. It no longer exists.
J. L. Watson, Emigration and the Chinese Lineage: The Mans in Hong Kong and London (Berkeley: University of California Press, 1975).
A. J. Jowett et al., ‘The British who are Not British and the Immigration Policies that are Not’, Applied Geography, 15 (1995), pp. 245–65.
F. Hawkins, Critical Years in Immigration: Canada and Australia Compared (Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 1989);
H. H. L. Kitano and R. Daniels, Asian Americans: Emerging Minorities (Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice Hall, 1987);
and A. D. Trlin, ‘Change and Continuity: New Zealand’s Immigration Policy in the Late 1980s’, in A. D. Trlin and P. Spoonley (eds), New Zealand International Migration: A Digest and Bibliography No. 2 (Palmerston North, Massey University, Department of Sociology, 1992).
S. L. Wong, ‘Emigration and Stability in Hong Kong’, Asian Survey, 10 (1992), pp. 918–33.
R. Skeldon, ‘Emigration and the Future of Hong Kong’, Pacific Affairs, 63 (1990–91), pp. 500–23; ‘Hong Kong in an International Migration System’, in Skeldon (ed.), Reluctant Exiles?, pp. 22–5; ‘Emigration from Hong Kong, 1945–1994: The Demographic Lead-up to 1997’, in Skeldon (ed.), Migration from Hong Kong, pp. 51–77; and (et al.), ‘An Assessment of Available Data Sources for the Analysis of the Trends in Migration’, in Skeldon (ed.), Migration from Hong Kong, pp. 79–109.
R. Skeldon, ‘Emigration and the Future of Hong Kong’, Pacific Affairs, 63 (1990–91), pp. 500–23.
L. L. Wong, ‘Chinese Capitalist Migration to Canada: A Sociological Interpretation and its Effect on Canada’, Asian and Pacific Migration Journal, 4 (1995), pp. 465–92.
G. J. Borjas, Friends or Strangers: The Impact of Immigrants on the US Economy (New York: Basic Books, 1990).
R. Skeldon, ‘Labour Migration to Hong Kong’, ASEAN Economic Bulletin, 12 (1995), pp. 201–18.
Editor information
Editors and Affiliations
Copyright information
© 1997 Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited
About this chapter
Cite this chapter
Skeldon, R. (1997). Hong Kong Communities Overseas. In: Brown, J.M., Foot, R. (eds) Hong Kong’s Transitions, 1842–1997. St Antony’s Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-25499-6_7
Download citation
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-25499-6_7
Publisher Name: Palgrave Macmillan, London
Print ISBN: 978-1-349-25501-6
Online ISBN: 978-1-349-25499-6
eBook Packages: Palgrave Political & Intern. Studies CollectionPolitical Science and International Studies (R0)