tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10523517.post114922176608259421..comments2023-09-09T17:38:22.939+08:00Comments on Blogging... Walk The Talk: The Great Exodus of 1962Dave and Stefanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03374243021807086912noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10523517.post-20031624519429988362022-05-21T18:07:02.749+08:002022-05-21T18:07:02.749+08:00Our service checks for plagiarism using the best p...Our service checks for plagiarism using the best plagiarism detection tools before any student receives their papers. Furthermore, each <a href="https://us.payforessay.net/" rel="nofollow">https://us.payforessay.net/</a> essay assigned to a writer is done from scratch by them.Tommy543https://www.blogger.com/profile/15576969685631964863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10523517.post-1149844355805720652006-06-09T17:12:00.000+08:002006-06-09T17:12:00.000+08:00Dear Dave/Stefan,0.6 . . . wow! That's low, perha...Dear Dave/Stefan,<BR/><BR/>0.6 . . . wow! That's low, perhaps unsustainable. Forgive my self-reference, but my two sisters-in-law are Hong Kong girls, and they have five children between the two of 'em. <BR/><BR/>You said:<BR/><BR/>"this is a major problem for Hong Kong, a city without a true hinterland . . . "<BR/><BR/>This makes sense to me, on one level. On another level, isn't the 'hinterland' mainland China?<BR/><BR/>Apparently, Beijing has more success in intercepting Chinese immigration into Hong Kong now than in the days when my Por Por's youngest sister was shot and killed floating down the Pearl River toward freedom.<BR/><BR/>I admit, I don't get it. <BR/><BR/><BR/>Fred Jacobsen<BR/>San FranciscoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10523517.post-1149390309088981892006-06-04T11:05:00.000+08:002006-06-04T11:05:00.000+08:00Hi Fred,Fair question. One major reason why Hong ...Hi Fred,<BR/><BR/>Fair question. One major reason why Hong Kong cannot generate their own 'generation' is that they literally are not producing enough babies. The Hong Kong birth rate per couple is among the lowest in the world at 0.88, and is the lowest if you take out all the mainland women that have come to Hong Kong to have babies (at 0.6).<BR/><BR/>Another is if you look at the major industry that makes Hong Kong the international city it is, it is its financial services sector. There are almost no locals actually running any of these operations - they are largely being run by Westerners and mainlanders. The educational system of Hong Kong, which historically (and arguably still today) produces youngsters that are not wholly literate or expressive in either written Chinese or English, and are generally passed over for elite service sector jobs.<BR/><BR/>Lastly, there is a big difference between expats and immigrants. Immigrants go to a place and intend to stay for life, or at least for a long time. The standard expat goes to Hong Kong for 3-5 years (if not less) and has no intention of staying on for ever. The percentage that do is very low. Ultimately, those expats could be anywhere, and have no inherent loyalty to a place, unlike immigrants. They often do just move on when opportunities are more attractive elsewhere.<BR/><BR/>This is a major problem for Hong Kong, a city without a true hinterland. The other major cities of the world, whether New York, London, Paris, Sydney or Shanghai, have a hinterland of rural or nearby talent to draw from. Hong Kong has no such luxury, and if you study the history of the city, every generation of elites has come from somewhere else within a generation.Dave and Stefanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03374243021807086912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10523517.post-1149328830221956122006-06-03T18:00:00.000+08:002006-06-03T18:00:00.000+08:00Dave/Stefan:A quick comment on your 'The Great Exo...Dave/Stefan:<BR/><BR/>A quick comment on your 'The Great Exodus of 1962' post. <BR/><BR/>When you refer to a 'human resource crisis' in your last paragraph, and the necessity to attract more 'ex-pats' (or, as we Americans would call 'em, 'immigrants'), why? And I take your point about these immigrants coming largely from mainland China. Nonetheless, why can't a city of seven million generate the next generation. My question is, of course, somewhat rhetorical. <BR/><BR/>Fred Jacobsen<BR/>San FranciscoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com