I love Hong Kong. I’ve lived there for almost two years, and would love to stay for a longer term. If there was another country/territory that I would move to, it’s either HK or Australia. But this story is a huge turn down for the former…
…then again, I still love the place. Though I wish the HK authorities look in to this.
I write this letter to let the Filipino people know of the racism and abuse being done by immigration agents at the Hong Kong International Airport to Filipino women.
I am a US citizen. On Oct. 5, 2008 I flew from the United States to Hong Kong to meet my Filipino girlfriend. We are engaged to be married. Having heard from a friend that Hong Kong is a very romantic city, we were considering getting married there.
Due to a storm, I arrived Oct. 5 in Hong Kong almost three hours after she did. But she was nowhere to be found. However, I was able to locate her unclaimed suitcase in the baggage area.
To my horror, I found out later that she was being detained by immigration agents. She told them that she was meeting me, a US citizen; she gave my name, my flight information, even the hotel information. Immigration agents could have easily verified with me if the information she gave was true. I was there waiting for her for hours, unaware she was being detained. The immigration agents never bothered to find me even though I was in the baggage area for hours.
