{"id":111656,"date":"2019-10-17T09:00:17","date_gmt":"2019-10-17T02:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hongkongers-get-serious-in-pursuing-overseas-passports-as-they-sell-homes-at-huge-discounts-to-fund-move\/"},"modified":"2019-10-17T10:07:58","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T03:07:58","slug":"hongkongers-get-serious-in-pursuing-overseas-passports-as-they-sell-homes-at-huge-discounts-to-fund-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hongkongers-get-serious-in-pursuing-overseas-passports-as-they-sell-homes-at-huge-discounts-to-fund-move\/","title":{"rendered":"Hongkongers get serious in pursuing overseas passports as they sell homes at huge discounts to fund move"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nHongkongers\u2019 interest in emigrating has jumped fourteen fold as the four-month long anti-government protests shows no signs of ending, and many are selling their property before the housing market deteriorates further to finance their move, according to Midland Immigration Consultancy.The consultancy said that inquiries have skyrocketed from some 20 in May before the controversy over the now-abandoned extradition bill erupted to about 300 in September when the protests started taking an\u2026
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\nSource : South China Morning Post
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