The situation in Hong Kong reminds me of 1997 when Hong Kong ceded sovereignty to China under the "One Country Two System" rule. However, Hong Kongers have never wanted to come under the control of China after so many years of the British system. Many business leaders have fears of uncertainty under the authoritarian rule of the Chinese government.
One country's misfortunes is another country 's fortunes or so they say... Singapore may stand to gain from the influx of wealth and investments from wealthy Hong Kongers as they seek to divest their wealth from Hong Kong to Singapore for safe haven.
In the early 90s, the pap allowed heaps of HKs to come in and after a while they came and went back to HK eventhough the quality of housing is better than in HK,,,so if alot of Hks come down now,,,when things stabilised they might go back,,but of course the HK to today and 20 years ago is different,,,they might really want to leave,,,in another 28 years when the 50 year period ends what than? will Ah tiong land change enough to be a place to live? or will it get worse? or maybe the whole world will be like ah tiong land,,,censorship and rule by decree etc,,,? My personal opinion is Ah tiongs are very happy with the CCP and will not rock the boat,,,,so the CCP will continue to be ruled by hardliners....and the CCP will try and deliver economic benefits but no social and political freedoms,,,the bottomline is the CCP will be the be all and end all. and the ah tiongs will be happy and HK ppl will accept it and become a typical ah tiong.
One thing the average joe here needs to know is the brainwashing techniques and propaganda by the CCP in ah tiong land has worked wonders on the ah tiong popn and the ah tiongs are not in the interest of clamouring for democracy and freedoms etc,,,,so HK will continue to be oppressed and the ah tiongs themselves will oppress the HKs,,,so basically HK will be forced to become just another ah tiong city,,,
