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[Mingbaakmei]

I am 80 years of age and came to HK 60 years ago. I have seen riots in 1967 and riots in 2019. I have seen several property busts and booms. I have seen businesses move in and out. I have seen mass migrationinto HK from both China, '60' & '70's and Vietnam, late '70's & early '80's, and I have seen mass migration out on HK in the '60s, '90's and now 2020's. I have seen and experienced a lot in HK. It seems only people under 30 years of age were interviewed for this video, be they locals or expats, which means they have not experienced colonial HK nor just pre/post '97 HK. So views expressed are all formed from a relatively short term experience of HK. This does mean to say they are wrong, but that Time provides a filter which ensures short term impressions can be re-visited, re-assessed and if necessary explained in a somewhat different light. So please interview older generations and get a broader viewpoint.

[xiphoid]

I'm a Chinese who went to study in the US. Met a Hong Kong girl and we fell in love. She told me so many wonderful things about HongKong, and we mainland Chinese looked up rro HK to in the 2000s. We were madly in love for several years, but eventually her dad made her go back to Hong Kong, I stayed in the US for graduate school and eventually immigrated. She got married, then I got married, but we kept in touch couple times a year. But I haven't heard from her since 2019. I tell myself that her husband has UK citizenship so they probably are ok, but I dont't really know. I traveled through HK airport with my family to vacation in Singapore before COVID. Didn't realize it at that time that was the last chance to see her and the Hong Kong she told me so much about.

[darkmatter]

I was in Hong Kong a month ago. The vibe is definitely somewhat different. However, it's still an amazing city.

[bunnyrabbit]

I was in HK two months ago and I saw many empty shopping units, empty streets during the evening hours after 9. What shock me the most is a closed 7Eleven unit 😮

[bklynbubba]

I started traveling to Asia in 2007 and would always use Hong Kong as my base, flying there directly from New York. Just about every year from 2007 to 2019 I continued to stop over for a few days. At first I couldn't believe that I was in a Communist country. I really couldn't see any restrictions. But over the years it changed. During my last visit in 2019 I felt as if Hong Kong had fallen asleep. There was virtually no one on the streets after 9pm. It was one of my 5 favorite cities around the world, but that Hong Kong is gone now. Just a guess here, but I think it is viewed as a colonialist outpost by the Communists, and they will happily let it wither on the vine. I won't go back. I fly through Singapore now.

[yohighness]

I used to live in HK in the 2000s. My friends who are still there have been telling me that the city has changed a lot, and not for the better. I plan to visit and see for myself. ☺

[JamesSpazer]

Hong Kong has changed a lot. I have lived in HK since 2005 and unfortunately, due to all the circumstances that u have mentioned, my family and I have also moved out to Singapore and Korea. It really is sad how HK has changed for the worst...

[subboid]

I’ve spent the last 12 years in Asia but came to HK for the first time just now. I had heard it was a 24 hour city but honestly it seemed to be mostly closed after 9-10pm. People seem stressed and work very late. I guess I must have missed the glory days which is a shame

[Ryanrobi]

I just briefly visited HK for the first time the other day and really liked it and plan to go back soon to explore much more.

[dlrrqsy]

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[arty]

Thanks for the video. I wanted to know how things are going in HK, western medias only talked about it during the protests and now it's pure silence.

[DonJ]

A lot of solid information in this video Uptin. I’ve been to HK 9 times over the last 20 years and it’s one of my favorite cities in Asia. But I’m concerned post protests and post pandemic how things have changed. I guess we’ll see when I make my way there again.

[harisadu]

All said and done, there are a lot of people in HK who have back pocket options who are upbeat about Hong Kong. But if shit hits the fan, they may pack up and leave quickly. Those who are filled with despair about the future are people who don't have such options, cannot afford to move and perhaps don't have the language skills to do it either.

[usama.]

Great video. It touched all the aspects of the story, the controversies, changes, difficulties and then you present a very nice resolution of the whole situation.

[kigas]

The problem with "100% commerce" is that for foreign investors that doesn't actually guarantee their investment. It's almost like you need a bit of politics to have a well functioning market. I think HK has lost all the trust it once had, and trust is important for financial markets and once it's gone it's gone.

[johnw]

To be honest, what city in the world is robust and thriving? If only 100k people left HK, it's a drop in the bucket. Residential real estate is $2500 usd/sq feet. It needs to come down more to be affordable for the average citizen.

[AwokenEntertainment]

sad to see how fast and how negative these new changes are hitting Hong Kong

[cprithish]

How come you don’t have atleast 500k subscribers baffles me.. Top notch content again..

[angelicaluk]

I am a Hong Konger and have been in the UK for 2.5 years – not too long and not too short. To be fair, there are many things I needed to adapt to here in the UK: the culture, lifestyle, people, and work, among others. Speaking about job stability, taxes, and wages, I believe Hong Kong is better than many other European countries. However, what I've learned, gained, and experienced here in the UK are resilience, independence, an open-minded mindset, respect, and, ultimately, the most important thing – freedom, including the freedom of speech.

What truly matters to me now isn't just about money, but rather the freedom, or perhaps even something as simple as that (I know it might sound a bit cheesy). Nonetheless, it's a privilege for me to express my opinions here, and sometimes I feel a sense of sadness observing how Hong Kong, my home, has gradually become a place that I'm not familiar with. It's disheartening to witness every integral part of Hong Kong slowly being eroded.

Anyway, Hong Kong will always remain the best place and home in my heart. 香港人加油 💛
P.S. THANK YOU UPTIN FOR THE VIDEO :)💯

[Hayderiea]

As a Hong Konger that have been living here my entire life, I could definitely see how Hong Kong had change over the years (specially bc of the COVID 19) and I agree with that China have been trying to 'take back Hong Kong'.
And I can tell you since I'm also a student at Hong Kong that the language has change A LOT, back when I'm in high school (not a long time ago), the teachers still speak Cantonese but between the students, shockingly, almost ALL of them in MY school/classes speak mandarin to each other and there's even some people that don't even speak Cantonese or understand it which is just CRAZY to me. And the reason are simple...
it's because the students that speak Mandarin IS from CHINA, I'm dumbfound when I find out that I'm the only few in my classes that is a native Hong Konger and almost 85% of my classmates are Chinese and from china, LIKE WHAT???!!! I kinda get that the china schools suck and the parents want their kids to be in a better school but 85% of my class?! That is crazy to me.And not just in schools, in the streets you can hear people speak mandarin instead of Cantonese.
All I can say is that Hong Kong is changing, very quickly and I personally don't like that, I mean it's fine to speak mandarin but I feel like even the native Hong Kong kids is force to learn how to speak in mandarin (including me) just because no one speak Cantonese in schools anymore and that is just sad.
And I want to change that but how can I? I'm just one person, I try to talk Cantonese with some of my friends but they usually just say something like "Why are you speaking Cantonese?", I mean we're in Hong Kong? What am I supposed to say?
The fact that I have to watch all this happened right in front of my eyes is just depressing, although I have live here my whole life and I absolutely love it here. I must say that I understand why so many people is leaving Hong Kong and now my goal is to study as much as I can, save money and get out.
I have a few places in mind, like the UK, Canada or Germany.
I just feel like I want to 'escape', I just feel like there'll be more freedom in those places then here and I can finally express my feelings and be myself. But that's in the future, I still need to study and work my way through.
Don't get me wrong, I don't hate how Chinese people is coming to Hong Kong to study and all that but I feel like it's just changing Hong Kong for me. But that's just my opinion.