{"id":111445,"date":"2019-10-08T12:00:36","date_gmt":"2019-10-08T05:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/rise-in-hongkongers-applying-for-australian-emigration-amid-protests-boosts-recovery-in-melbourne-sydney-property-markets\/"},"modified":"2019-10-08T13:03:03","modified_gmt":"2019-10-08T06:03:03","slug":"rise-in-hongkongers-applying-for-australian-emigration-amid-protests-boosts-recovery-in-melbourne-sydney-property-markets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/rise-in-hongkongers-applying-for-australian-emigration-amid-protests-boosts-recovery-in-melbourne-sydney-property-markets\/","title":{"rendered":"Rise in Hongkongers applying for Australian emigration amid protests boosts recovery in Melbourne, Sydney property markets"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#013;<br \/>\nA recovery in the Melbourne and Sydney property markets is being boosted by Hong Kong investors fleeing anti-government protests, experts said.The number of Hong Kong residents applying for business visas for millionaires looking to migrate to Australia might have doubled since June this year, when the protests started.\u201cSince June, I have seen a significant increase in demand from Hong Kong for Australian visas, with business visas being of great interest to those with the wealth to make it\u2026&#013;<br \/>\n&#013;<br \/>\nSource : South China Morning Post&#013;<br \/>\nRead more&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/property\/international\/article\/3031955\/rise-hongkongers-applying-australian-emigration-amid\" target=\"_blank\">Rise in Hongkongers applying for Australian emigration amid protests boosts recovery in Melbourne, Sydney property markets<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#013; A recovery in the Melbourne and Sydney property markets is being boosted by Hong Kong&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"false","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-111445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-property-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p75ss1-sZv","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":112969,"url":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/malaysian-property-provides-options-for-investors-seeking-escape-from-hong-kong-unrest\/","url_meta":{"origin":111445,"position":0},"title":"Malaysian property provides options for investors seeking escape from Hong Kong unrest","date":"December 10, 2019","format":false,"excerpt":"\r The current social unrest in Hong Kong has led to a rising number of applications for emigration. 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