{"id":121362,"date":"2021-08-11T07:30:17","date_gmt":"2021-08-11T00:30:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hongkongers-fleeing-in-wake-of-2019-protests-national-security-law-boost-overseas-property-markets-from-uk-to-canada\/"},"modified":"2021-08-11T09:03:10","modified_gmt":"2021-08-11T02:03:10","slug":"hongkongers-fleeing-in-wake-of-2019-protests-national-security-law-boost-overseas-property-markets-from-uk-to-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/hongkongers-fleeing-in-wake-of-2019-protests-national-security-law-boost-overseas-property-markets-from-uk-to-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"Hongkongers fleeing in wake of 2019 protests, national security law boost overseas property markets from UK to Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nHongkongers moving abroad have bought at least US$100 million worth of property since 2019, a year marked by unprecedented social unrest, according to a Hong Kong-based law firm.The Harvey Law Group (HLG) found that Hongkongers\u2019 preferred destinations are the US, UK, Australia, New Zealand and Canada. Their interest in finding a residency overseas or a scheme that paves the way to citizenship through investment has increased fourfold in the last two years.\u201cFrom our clients worldwide, since 2019\u2026
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\nSource : South China Morning Post
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