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In the Chinese restaurant trade, the majority of workers are from the N. T. and particularly from Taipo and Sai Kung districts where the trend started for immigration to Britain. Their links with Hong Kong are still close and the remittances which many of them send to their families in Hong Kong is an important element in the economy of some areas of the N. T.
Other than the restaurant workers from the N.T. there are two main groups of Chinese immigrants:
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the Sze Yap people who mainly came to Britain between the wars
as seamen and settled into
laundries or restaurants.
Their children form the small population of second generation Chinese in Britain;
the increasing numbers of experienced restaurant staff recruited from Hong Kong and admitted on work permits. This immigration has been a feature
since the numbers of N.T. workers permitted to come to Britain was restricted by quota in 1962.
The number of professional people from Hong Kong establishing themselves in Britain is very small and few Chinese look for jobs in industry. Students qualifying in Britain tend either to return to Hong Kong or to move on to the U.S. or Canada to work.
(h) Politically, the majority tend to avoid
involvement with China or Taiwan although there is considerable pride in China's achievements and growing status in world affairs. Many have families and property in Hong Kong and are very concerned in its prosperity and future prospects.
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