Hong Kong Falls Behind In Global Best Cities, Expats Seeking to Leave: Survey

Expat families depart from Hong Kong's Chek Lap Kok international airport on March 6, 2022. Travel restrictions have hit Hong Kong's white collar foreign workers hard. Peter Parks/AFP via Getty Images

With the implementation of the National Security Law and two-year-long harsh anti-COVID measures, more and more expatriates working in Hong Kong say they are considering leaving the city.

Some are planning to leave permanently, said Ms. Lee, who works for a foreign company in Hong Kong, “Many of them are looking for jobs outside Hong Kong.”