Fearful Hong Kongers Rush To Secure Limited British Passports
June 12, 2020
4:17 pm
Shortly before Hong Kong was handed back to China, Simon Ng applied for a British National (Overseas) passport, a document he never thought he’d need. Now he is considering whether to use it to emigrate.
China’s plan to impose a sweeping national security law on the city in response to huge pro-democracy protests has Ng mulling the prospect of leaving, the first time he has contemplated such action since Britain returned the former colony in 1997.
“Back then, like many of my peers, I thought China would reform and there was hope,” the 52-year-old assistant professor told AFP.
“But now, …
