I'm a Hongkonger, get me out of here
SCMP
Daniel Sin
Hong Kong, Iraq and Sri Lanka wouldn’t appear to have much in common. Ethnic conflict, suicide bombings and rampant corruption are not the city’s hallmarks.
But if an international poll is to be believed, the citizens of all three share the same desire to get the hell out and find somewhere more liveable. And the survey is comprehensive: US consultancy Gallup surveyed 260,000 adults in 135 countries.
Gallop compiled the results to produce a “potential net migration index”, which shows the difference between the number of people who would like to leave a country – or, in the case of Hong Kong and some others, a city – and the number who would love to move there. A country’s score is recorded as a percentage of its total adult population.
With a score of minus 15 per cent, Hong Kong ranks 65th, on a par with Mexico, Iraq and Sri Lanka…
