British National? Obviously!

Not everyone la ching

I get your point.
I have been to Wales and Scotland as well. There were less feeling of “Britain”. Their uniqueness is making UK funny. The building style, language, even landscape are different from others.

Cheers, mate!

Chips vs crips

Should be crisps

Ah a classic one.
Chips: 粗薯條（Burger King）
Crisps: 薯片
Fries: 幼薯條（Mcdonalds Maccies）

I like chips.

I feel a little bit stress, coz I read so many information about migrating to Uk

I even can’t concentrate my work

What do you think about living in the Northen Ireland? I am considering Belfast, as I found the living cost there is a bit cheaper. I am just trying to look for some blue collar jobs, store assistants or waiters are already great for me

I always go back to truffle fries! There is a local shop in Devon that does it splendidly, I hope it survives the pandemic.

I’m sure your new life in Britain will be much better than now, at least you are away from the Peking commies. Like a lot of people said, courage and determination is the key to immigration, not the money.

I’m all for Southern England, preferably the South West, it’s simply too cold up there!

Weather aside, I’ve never actually been to NI, so can’t really give you any insightful opinion, but I’d say go wherever your heart leads you to.

Living costs are definitely cheaper in NI, but I would probably go to smaller towns in England, Wales or Scotland for the same reason. Remember, with lower living costs come less opportunities.

So how about Liverpool or Manchester, I have done research and ppl said the work opportunities there are much less than that in London, but the rent in London is not cheap

This is a very nice post indeed. Thumbs up!

Would there be any opportunities around the Southampton/Reading area? I notice that the property price in those region is quite a bargain and both cities are still close to Heathrow. Or one should consider those cities in midlands or Manchester instead?

There is only one metropolis in the UK - London, anything else are nothing more than cities. Some cities aren’t even cities, they simply have a cathedral, which automatically makes them cathedral cities.

I am actually in Liverpool right now, but will move back to the south soon. I am not too sure about job opportunities here as well since I’m still studying. If you are looking for low-skilled jobs, indeed London is definitely not the best choice as the cost of living are simply too high. For other places, the situation should be similar in the whole region or county. As long as you stay close to the people there will always be jobs that you’ve mentioned.

To be fair, would you choose to live in Lantau Island just because it’s near Chap Lak Kok in Hong Kong? Unless you are looking for jobs in the aviation industry of course. Southampton is actually not that close, Reading would be much closer to London. A lot of gwei los live in Reading and commute to London everyday, its a commuter town, something like Tseung Kwan O perhaps.

Pretty much everything north from Birmingham to Scotland are industrial cities. Depends on what sort of opportunities are you looking for, if its white-collar jobs than London and Manchester would be the best option of course. As relocating is quite expensive, and companies might not pay for it (some do), you should probably consider renting first, it gives you flexibility.

Also, we all have bias and prejudice, you should visit different places before actually settling down, in case you don’t like the place. Or maybe you can tell us what sort of places you like in Hong Kong and see what we can suggest you to start from!

I am a middle-aged semiprofessional white collar, and sadly I don't believe that I have any chance to secure a job in my current field. So my best bet would be finding a place with cheap enough property price to live modestly (Kinda like those HK migrants back in 1990s who worked casually but still can survive by investing in properties or stock market or bonds).

I do appreciate your advice about visiting the places first. And yes I did have some experience in travel industry so that's why I thought about living close to a major airport. Perhaps I should visit UK whenever those travel restrictions are relaxed.

thanks for your work & looking for more

UK property market is quite different from the Hong Kong market, you should research more about it before investing. There are a lot of factors that we’d never imagined in Hong Kong, say crime rate, weather (indeed can vary a lot), nearby regions and cities etc.

Btw, the Exchequer just announced a reduction in stamp duty until March, could make use of the opportunity. First-time buyers don’t have to pay any stamp duty for properties under £500k, non-first-time buyers only have to pay 3%. The old threshold is £125k.

I am thinking about going to Scotland as it seems that they will recognise my profession. The house price is more affordable up there as well. I am thinking about renting it for a year and use it as a base and for the proof of address so I may look for a job nearby.

Not expected to leave until Summer next year but in the meantime I will try to go there and have a look first. I have been staying in England during the summer for the last 5 years so I know very well about England but not really about Scotland so I got to gather a bit of information first.

Push

Push

i don’t think we need ‘s’ for quid no matter how much money we’re talking about?

nope quid is quid. There is no need to put an s after it.

Oh yh, wasn’t aware of that. Everyday you learn something new eh?