The article has a map of where BNO immigrants moved to, based on National Insurance number registrations. The Manchester area seems particularly popular, not sure if because football.

Also, TIL that Salford is in Manchester. I must admit my knowledge of UK geography remains crap despite having lived here for over a year.

Oh, not just that. Various versions of the song completely filled HK iTunes' top 10 at one point.

The Hong Kong government seems completely incapable of understanding the Streisand effect.

until July 21.

From 6.12 until 7.21, someone is playing a practical joke.

Multiple people I follow on Twitter have said the government was totally unprepared to bring forward their case today, LOL. Example: https://twitter.com/kevinkfyam/status/1668165068289347588

Don't know about that. Vaguely aware that Man. U and City exist, but don't really follow football, and definitely not at the lower league levels, LOL.

I see that Manchester has a metro system, which must be attractive to HKers. The busses in my "city" are crap.

Reporter Kris Cheng on the attack: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1668237782592921600.html

https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/23583029.southampton-police-investigate-hate-crime-fight-burgess-road/

Only a day pass, which isn't that good of a deal unless you're visiting multiple HK districts in a day.

https://www.mtr.com.hk/en/customer/tickets/day_pass_tourist.html

The post claims they are Southampton University students. Hope someone can find out their exact identities so that they can be expelled. Unis may be hungry for Chinese money, but I doubt they can ignore this.