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This would be a loss to the SAR since people in this group are educated and productive, and have accumulated a certain amount of wealth.
However, economics professor Francis Lui Ting-ming was not totally off the mark when he saw the change as an opportunity to replenish the workforce with talent from the mainland and other countries.
If that is the case, then Chief Executive Carrie Lam Cheng Yuet-ngor's administration had better expand the quality migrant admission program to bring in skilled and talented workers.
One downside of people leaving is that many will sell their high-value homes to fund their new lives, which could put downwards pressure on the Hong Kong housing market.
Nobody is indispensable. It isn't a bad thing if people who no longer feel they belong to the city can go somewhere that offers them new pastures that are suitable for them. At the same time, opportunities will be created here for others.
The door must remain open for people to come and go.