Tracing China 2016
DOI: 10.5790/hongkong/9789888083732.003.0015
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Positioning “Hong Kongers” and “New Immigrants”

Abstract: This chapter takes a slice from the census records to examine policies, assumptions, and procedures related to a recent period of in-flow from China and to assess their impact on Hong Kong’s present and future human landscape. I focus on two waves. First, those who crossed the border to Hong Kong, often illegally, in the late 1970s and early 1980s, were labeled “new immigrants” and treated with scorn by some Hong Kong residents. They found work and were absorbed into the Hong Kong society. Many returned to the… Show more

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“…We found that educated Mainland women are far less likely to marry men who are considerably older. Second, Mainland women in cross-border marriages are increasingly drawn from urban China and from work places where they come in contact with male Hongkongers who commute to work on the Mainland (Siu 2008). Thus, female newcomers have lived an economic and cultural life similar to that of their husbands.…”
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confidence: 99%
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“…We found that educated Mainland women are far less likely to marry men who are considerably older. Second, Mainland women in cross-border marriages are increasingly drawn from urban China and from work places where they come in contact with male Hongkongers who commute to work on the Mainland (Siu 2008). Thus, female newcomers have lived an economic and cultural life similar to that of their husbands.…”
Section: Resultsmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Hong Kong subsequently enforced the deportation of illegal immigrants, issued legal residents with Hong Kong identity cards, and imposed fines on businesses that hired illegal workers. Since 1983, Hong Kong has admitted a daily quota of legal immigrants, which has been set at 150 since 1995 (Lam and Liu 1998;Siu 2008). The status of Chinese immigrants has changed from primarily illegal to legal (Hong Kong Government 2011).…”
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“…Unlike other territorial units in which immigrants can easily be identified as members of “other” ethnic or racial groups, the majority of immigrants to Hong Kong come from mainland China, and, according to official accounts, share the same ethnic heritage with the majority of Hong Kong residents (i.e., both are “Chinese”). In fact, many scholars suggest that Hong Kong’s population is predominantly made up of immigrants from mainland China (Lai, 1997; Lam and Liu, 1998; Siu, 2009; So, 2003). According to the 2011 Population Census, approximately 40 percent of Hong Kong residents were born in mainland China (CSD, 2012).…”
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“…Historically, a significant proportion of Hong Kong's population descended from migrants from Mainland China after its establishment as a British colony in 1841 (Chow & Ho, ; Law & Lee, ; Siu, ; So, ). During the early colonial period, people in Mainland China and Hong Kong were allowed to cross the border freely without any restrictions.…”
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