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Hong Kong exodus: think carefully before making that leap
A family of Hong Kong immigrants walks along Jericho Beach in Vancouver, British Columbia, on January 26. Photo: Reuters
"To move or not to move" seems to be the hottest question in Hong Kong these days ("Thousands quit Hong Kong, saying it's no longer the home they knew", June 30). As a middle-aged citizen who studied in the United Kingdom for three years and with family and friends scattered across the world, from Australia and New Zealand to Canada and Singapore, I wish to say a few words on this issue.
Racial discrimination is not a factor that should be disregarded. Would you mind if locals spit on you or assault you in the streets, ignore you in the shops, bully you in the workplace or school and so on just because you are of a different colour?