Security Law Sends Hong Kong Residents Dashing for the Exit
- Immigration advisers say they’ve been flooded with inquiries
- Taiwan, U.K. signal they may ease entry requirements
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Phyllis Lam has lived in Hong Kong for 42 years. It’s where she was born, went to school, met her husband and planned to raise her two children.
But like a growing number of Hongkongers disillusioned by China’s tightening grip on the city, Lam now feels she has little choice but to leave. “I have no confidence in Hong Kong’s future,” she said in an interview. “I have two young kids, so I have to plan for them.”