Posted on 07/26/2020 11:24:24 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Ireland is being considered as a possible location for an “international charter city” to be developed in anticipation of a mass exodus of Hong Kongers fleeing China’s tightening grasp on their home.
Ivan Ko, a Hong Kong citizen with decades of experience in real estate and property development, has reportedly been searching for places around the world to build a new version of Hong Kong since China implemented its new national security law in the city. The charter city would be designed to have its own tax regime and regulations, U.K.’s The Telegraph reported.
Last week, the British government outlined a new pathway to U.K. citizenship for up to 3 million eligible Hong Kongers, starting in January 2021. The change in immigration rules allows anyone with a British National Overseas passport and their immediate family members to move to the U.K. to work and study for five years. After that, they will be allowed to apply for settled status and then again for citizenship.
They will not need to have a job before arriving in the U.K. […]
Though the Republic of Ireland is not a part of the U.K., the country remains at the top of Ko’s list for a charter city since it has hosted special economic zones in the past, including the Shannon Free Trade Zone and the International Financial Services Center (IFSC) in Dublin. But plans have not been finalized, as Ireland remains a part of the European Union. Generally, European state aid rules prevent members of the bloc from giving aid to companies not available to their competitors. …
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If they come to NYC it can only improve the demographics.
Swap them with the citizens of the PNW since they seem to want communism so much.
Ireland is such a leftist hole that this could only help.
Come to America, we need more hard working folks who understand and love freedom!
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I would like to trade all the Democrats in Hawaii for the Hong Kongers who are productive and want freedom.
South Florida’s very international... maybe some of the Hong Kong folks could create a city there.
Hong Kong was not “returned” to China; it was handed over to the communist regime.
Bring back Lou Holtz!
Correct. There was almost nothing there, in one of the great natural ports in the world, before the British took it over in 1843.
Send them all to Haiti. It would be a grand experiment to see if capitalism can b successful among primitive cannibals.
Good. The Irish would love this.
I agree. These are good people and they are not trying to sneak in.
“Let them come to California. They are pro-business, and could turn the state around.”
They are buying a lot of Cali homes that are within an hour’s drive from the ocean.
Vancouver, Seattle and Portland used to an option. They might be safer in Hong Kong than Seattle or Portland.
Last but not least, they know how deadly it is to live under the ChiComs, which is why they are leaving and will never vote for socialism.
Hong Kong! Don’t do it! Please come to the U.S. and help us.
How many of those fleeing will be CCP plants?
The High Andes of northern Ecuador were a paradise before the Wuhan Virus hit Guayaquil in the south. The whole country was placed in quarantine.
Ecuador is a cheap place to live, the climate in the Andes is ideal, the currency is the U.S. dollar, and the citizens are very friendly toward U.S. and European immigrants.
Thank you for the heads up, I appreciate it.
“I would like to trade all the Democrats in Hawaii...”
So 95% of the people?
How about a development straddling both sides of the Inter-Irish border - some in the EU (Republic of Ireland) and some in the UK (Northern Ireland).
Live in the UK, commute to the office in the EU.
Yes, and how much does the EUSSR leadership care . . . ?
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