non-expat wants to live in hongkong

[Mat]

Just to let you know, Hong Kong was recently voted the most popular place for people to retire. It is surprising to me too!

yeahhhh the choice was:

For your retirement would you prefer to stay in:
Hong Kong
Iraq
Bush's ranch in Texas

well sure ppl chose HK

[JaredHK]

Retire in HK???

You must be out of your mind. Move to India. I have several friends who recently moved to South India and love it there.

[nation]

Nothing wrong with retiring in HK if you're using it as a base for your worldwide travels.

[abcdefghi]

Just to let you know, Hong Kong was recently voted the most popular place for people to retire.

Please state your references.

[riyaaz]

It was in the SCMP post 2 weeks ago. The other countries that followed were NZ, Aus, UK....

[Mat]

It was in the SCMP post 2 weeks ago. The other countries that followed were NZ, Aus, UK....

Then of course if the other countries are NZ, Australia and UK, definitley ppl will choose HK

[alvindurochermt]

I agree it's ultimately the person's choice where someone wants to retire.

But at the same time here are some facts about H.K.

- H.K. has no universal health care
-Assuming you aren't married or have no kids, most of H.K.'s retirement homes are either very expensive or sub-standard
-H.K. is very polluted, which isn't such a good thing for older people in general.

So...keep these points in mind, and the choice is all yours.

[LittleCamel]

If you are an overseas Chinese you may prefer HK as the place to live after retirement. As far as I know ,many overseas Chinese are living in Singapore.