Britons in Hong Kong

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Britons in Hong Kong
Total population
33,733 (2011)
Languages
English, Chinese
Demographics and culture of Hong Kong
Demographics
Culture
Other Hong Kong topics
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Ethnicity in Hong Kong

Britons never made up more than a small portion of the population in

transfer of sovereignty
in 1997.

There were 33,733 Britons in Hong Kong, as of the 2011 Hong Kong Census.[2]

Numbers

Estimating the number of Britons in Hong Kong, as with the rest of Asia, can be difficult for a variety of reasons. One reason is that not all

British Consulate-General in Hong Kong. Another is that a large part of the British population is transitory, working in the city for only a few months or years.[citation needed
]

Hong Kong's

British Nationality Selection Scheme
in Hong Kong.) A large proportion of the British who were government employees left following the handover.

There have been noticeably fewer native Britons emigrating to Hong Kong since the handover. During

retail or construction
) are for the most part no longer an option for Britons.

In the decade before the handover around 3.4 million British Dependent Territories Citizens (BDTCs) of Hong Kong (mainly ethnic Chinese) acquired the status of

British National (Overseas) (BN(O)) by registration. They do not have the right of abode in the UK (just as BDTCs did not have that right), and China does not recognise Hong Kong-born ethnic Chinese BN(O)s as British nationals. However, BN(O) are considered British outside China.[citation needed
]

Migration history

The first British presence in the area was the

British East India Company, which started trading in the area in 1699 and set up a trading post in Canton in 1711. The British captured Hong Kong Island in 1841 during the First Opium War and were officially ceded the territory in 1842 under the Treaty of Nanking. Over the next 150 years Britons came to Hong Kong in relatively large numbers—many to work in the colony's administration, trading houses, and merchant banks—along with other Europeans and Americans
.

Between 1991 and 1996 there was a substantial increase in the number of British citizens in Hong Kong; the number of UK passport holders in Hong Kong more than doubled, to over 34,000. This increase was mainly due to the

British Nationality Selection Scheme, which granted British citizenship to 50,000 families (mostly ethnic Chinese), some of whom did not emigrate. However, in those years many young people from the United Kingdom went to Hong Kong to take up unskilled jobs (e.g., as doorpersons or in food service).[7][8]

Ethnicity

Among the 33,733 citizens of the United Kingdom living in Hong Kong, 19,405 are of some European ethnicity, 6,893 are Chinese, 2,337 are Indian, 1,047 are Pakistani, 829 are Nepalese, 273 are other Asians, 227 are Filipino, 98 are Thai, 40 are Japanese, and 40 are Indonesian. 2,544 other Britons are of a different ethnicity.[2]

Education

Schools using the education system of England in Hong Kong include:

Religion

See also

References

  1. ^ Article "Gender, Households and Identity in British and Singaporean Migration to China"
  2. ^
    Hong Kong Census
    , 2011
  3. ^ https://www.bycensus2016.gov.hk/data/16bc-main-results.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  4. ^ Vines, Steven (4 April 1998). "Britons drawn to post-colonial Hong Kong". The Independent. Retrieved 25 April 2009.
  5. ^ Article "Hong Kong: Children, Foreign Workers"
  6. ^ What’s next for Hong Kong’s Britons? - - nbcnews.com
  7. ^ Stephen Vines (2 June 1996). "In Hong Kong today, it's the Brits who are the 'coolies'". The Independent. Retrieved 25 December 2010.
  8. ^ "Stephan Phelan in Hong Kong", Herald Scotland, 17 May 2010, retrieved 1 February 2011
  9. ^ a b Mansell, Warwick (28 September 2011). "Expat guide to Hong Kong: schools". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 1 March 2019.
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