The reunification of Hong Kong with the People's Republic of China (PRC) more than a decade ago has been a success. The key ingredients of the Hong Kong 'miracle' - free enterprise, small and open government and a robust legal system - were guaranteed beyond 1997 by Hong Kong's Basic Law. That instrument has endured and the territory has generally prospered. Yet, there is another reason why Hong Kong has thrived: immigration. Both as a British colony and a Special Administrative Region (SAR) within the PRC, Hong Kong has enthusiastically received generations of entrepreneurs, professionals and manual workers from all-over the world. Indeed, nearly half of Hong Kong's people were born overseas.
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