Age-related knowledge of over-age children in mainland Hong Kong

What is an "overage child"? Over-age children refer to those whose parents mostly came to Hong Kong in the late 1970s and early 1980s to support Hong Kong's economic construction. For 20 years, these parents at the bottom of society have been working hard to support their families in Hong Kong. They are not afraid of being dirty, tired, sweating or bleeding, and have contributed to the development of Hong Kong. However, at the same time, they are also suffering from the separation of flesh and blood, and cannot enjoy the happiness of family. Although some of them applied for their children born in the mainland not long ago to go to Hong Kong, many children failed to keep up with the policies again and again because of the changeable policies and unreasonable application policies of the mainland government at that time, and finally could not settle in Hong Kong. These children are "over-aged".

Previously, Hong Kong had a policy of 6.5 million investment immigrants. Many rich people from the mainland, including four or five people, even young and old, immigrated to Hong Kong to settle down. However, for the parents of these over-age children, there is nothing they can do. Because their education level is generally low, they can only do dirty and tired jobs, but their wages are very low. They usually need to rent a house, not to mention the investment of 6.5 million yuan. Therefore, they have never been reunited with mainland children, and they have been separated for more than 20 years.

However, news came out at the end of the year (in the major media such as Overseas Chinese News and Macao Daily, it was reported that the central public security department had solved the problem of these over-age children settling in Macao). The mainland and Macao SAR governments announced yesterday that from this year 1 February1day, "over-aged children" of Macao residents in the mainland can apply for one-way permits to settle in Macao. According to the document, the central government has made it clear to the Hong Kong government that the arrangements for handling the over-age children of Macao residents in the Mainland to settle in Australia are generally applicable to Hong Kong. The Hong Kong Government welcomes this and believes that the arrangements for adult children of Hong Kong people in the Mainland to apply for settlement in Hong Kong will be relaxed. In this regard, a spokesman for the Hong Kong SAR Government said, "Although the situation in Hong Kong and Macao is different, the central government has decided that the policies and measures for Macao's' over-aged children' to apply for one-way permits, including the relevant qualification requirements, will be generally applicable to Hong Kong. The SAR Government appreciates the decision of the central authorities, and many "over-aged children" of Hong Kong people in the Mainland will benefit from the new measures, which will help promote family reunion. The Hong Kong Government is actively discussing with the mainland authorities the arrangements for Hong Kong people's over-age children to apply for one-way permits in the Mainland, and will announce the implementation arrangements as soon as possible; A spokesman for the Security Bureau said that the specific details of allowing Hong Kong people's over-age children in the Mainland to apply for one-way permits to come to Hong Kong still need to be discussed with the relevant mainland authorities to determine the number of people coming to Hong Kong, which is believed to be quite large; Once a specific decision is made, relevant implementation arrangements will be announced.

In this case, solving the problem of over-age children as soon as possible can not only fulfill the dream of reunion of over-age children, but also provide a powerful new force for the economic construction of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. As soon as possible, relax the over-age children of Hong Kong people from the Mainland to settle in Hong Kong. This not only solves the problem that many children can't settle in Hong Kong with their parents because of the limited number of one-way permits to Hong Kong after the reform and opening up, but also solves the regret left over from history and meets the shortage of manpower for small and medium-sized enterprises. Appropriately increasing the population of Hong Kong is more conducive to the sustainable development and social harmony of Hong Kong than blindly importing talents.