I lived in Hong Kong since the very first day of July of 1978. I migrated from Xiamen to Hong Kong with my mum and my younger brother while my papa had been already be there for more than three years.
I studied in Hong Kong and grew up in Hong Kong. Be honest, it is the most favour city that I wish to live. Unfortunately, it would be hand over to China on 1st July of 1997. Due to this special reason, like many Hong Kong people, I choose to migrate again!
I have no intention to go Singapore, in fact, my planning was go to the States, further studies and then living there. It's a big pity that my parents could not speak English and forced me to go Singapore instead. They brought me a lot of troubles by crying to the relatives until I agreed with them.
Yet, I left Hong Kong by end June of 1995, and obtained my citizenship in March of 1998 as a Singaporean.
However, I spent quite some time in Hong Kong in my very first six to seven years after immigration. My Hong Kong apartment was still there and I went home time to time, almost every month. I love the living style, and the very good food there. For me, I found Hong Kong as 'my second homeland'.
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I had not been there since 12Jan of last year because of my accident and badly hurted, until early this month. Though it was only 7days long, I enjoyed every moment I was in Hong Kong again. My favourite food, market, shopping, walking around etc. The only pity was that I found Hong Kong full of Chinese, from mainland China. So, I hard to listen to Cantonese, but Mandarin. Many shops and department stores I visited a lot in the past disappeared, and a lot of small shops selling very poor designed, poor quality, but very cheap clothes newly openned.
Yet, things changed as time goes by. So, Hong Kong changed, in the past 15years and changed even fast in the past 1year and seven months since my previous visit. It is, and forever, no longer my Hong Kong, the place I love so much and familiar to once upon the time in my life.
