Hong Kong Expats, Where’s Your Next Destination?: Anjani Trivedi

These days, the first thing you’re asked in Hong Kong (when you do see people) is, “So, what’re you guys thinking?” That question is underpinned by the certainty that, given the city’s increasingly illogical, fear-inducing and chaotic Covid policies that have left the population on edge, surely you must be contemplating an escape — temporary or permanent.

As the exodus of both expatriates and locals accelerates — nearly 1% of the entire population left in February — and droves more are expected to depart, the responses have become increasingly diverse. Singapore, often thrown out as the obvious next choice, isn’t the only exit ...