The number of visas Hong Kong's immigration department issued to professional jobs in the first half of this year has dropped by more than 60 per cent to 7,717, from 19,756 in the same period a year ago.
But it is not just Covid-19 that is causing expatriates to leave Hong Kong. Anti-government protests that started last June diminished the appeal of the financial hub.
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