China's Desperate Migrants - Hong Kong

July 1997
Mothers are torn from husbands and children as Hong Kong's illegal immigrants are shipped back to mainland China. The Migrant Enquiry Centre is crammed with distressed families. A mother gestures angrily and shouts, ampther weeps at a deportation order which will force her to leave a sick husband. Police rush into an apartment and haul out a woman and her 8 year old child. Faced with a 20 year backlog of migrant applications, the Hong Kong authorities are giving deportations a high profile, trying to deter illegal immigrants. Mrs Kwok has already been deported five times. Each time she begs or bribes officials in China to return to her husband. Wheezing with lung cancer, he can't cope with their three children alone. At the Chinese border old ladies with suitcases run through the customs hall towards Hong Kong. Even if they qualify for Hong Kong residency only 150 are allowed a day. In her one room apartment, Mrs Chang proudly displays her permanent residency. It means her children can go to school. From a tour bus wealthy Chinese glimpse Hong Kong , touring China's new jewel, one most Chinese have heard of but few will ever see.

Produced by ABC Australia
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[chinesemusicDJ]

Yeah it's retarded how majority of journey man pictures have no subtitle or translation when another language is being spoken. If you want i can translate some of it for you.

[advorang]

Its quite different than it was 10 years ago.

[Johnsonhk100]

大陸蝗蟲

[Johnsonhk100]

中華人民共和國改國名做香港, 中国14億人就是香港人, 不用去香港寄生做香港人

日本出生率低, 日本政府應該請大陸蝗蟲去日本產300萬蟲卵, 大陸蝗蟲=日本新力軍

日本人祖先都是中國移民, 日本人=中華人民共和国人同胞, :)

中華人民共和国人不應該歧視日本同胞, 幫幫日本ba, 日本人一定會歡迎大陸蝗蟲去產卵 :)相信愛中国的中国人和愛中国的支那專才一定想離開自己強大的­中華人民共和国家鄉去日本寄生貢獻日本 :)

[mieroth]

This must have taken place only days or weeks after Hong Kong was put under Chinese rule. Fascinating...

[djonutube]

@ifrit1780

wow! bravo!

[TheTollundWoman]

did this take place when Hong Kong was still under British control?

[ifrit1780]

I am Canadian and I have a no star HK id because my parents are from HK. I can work in HK. I am really lucky.

[MingTheMerciful]

Even if we do not practice one child policy in hong kong, which of course we have no need for that, please do not make more than one children in hong kong, hong kong land area is not that big !!!!!!!!

[MingTheMerciful]

@adeafningsilence good, people should know that they should not be lumbing us together. Most of the success that make chinese look good come from the canton people of hong kong

[KyukyoukuTuffy]

People keep talking about how awful China is. Truth is, no country is better than another. Each has it's weak points and each has its good points.

[koreansatsuke]

The Chinese parents want a better future for their children that's why they go to hong kong or other countries illegally ...