HK's stability, prosperity draw emigrants back

Participants demonstrate Acro Yoga during the Asia Yoga Conference in Hong Kong June 2, 2007.

　　Before 1997, many Hong Kong people were uncertain what it would be after the city's handover to the motherland and a large batch of them moved to the overseas, forming an emigration tide. Ten years past, many were drawn back by the stability and prosperity of Hong Kong.
Following her parent's will, Renee Chu migrated to Australia in 1990 when she was still a middle school student. She came back with her family after the handover and now works as an assistant computer officer in the Chinese University of Hong Kong.

　　Renee's parents decided to go overseas in 1989, also moving together were her two siblings. "At that time, they concerned about Hong Kong's future and wanted to allow us to receive better education abroad," she told Xinhua in a recent interview.

　　After graduating from university, Renee went back in 2000 to Hong Kong where she believed will offer her better job opportunities, and after all these years she has settled down her career here.

　　Hong Kong was hit by economic downturn and outbreak of SARS after 1997, but that did not stopped the Chu's family from coming back. "There are always good and bad times for a place," said Renee.

　　Without involving herself much in current affairs, Renee still pays attention to Hong Kong's development. Her confidence was further strengthened when seeing the policies taken place by the Central Government of China in support of Hong Kong's economy.

　　Life in Australia is stable and quiet, but it cannot compare with Hong Kong's vivid and energetic environment. The older generation always yearn for the lifestyle of their own culture.

　　"My parents fly back to Australia now and then after coming back," Renee said, "but the period they stay there becomes shorter, and now they spend more time in Hong Kong and the mainland. "