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The French Consulate estimates there are over 25,000 French citizens in With Its French Population Soaring, Hong Kong Emerges as Asia’s Gallic Capital
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The French Consulate estimates there are over 25,000 French citizens in Hong Kong
Hong Kong ( (US) or (UK); , ), officially the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People's Republic of China ( abbr. Hong Kong SAR or HKSAR), is a city and special administrative region of China on the eastern Pearl River Delt ...
. The Immigration Department
The Immigration Department of the Government of Hong Kong is responsible for immigration control of Hong Kong. After the People's Republic of China assumed sovereignty of the territory in July 1997, Hong Kong's immigration system remained la ...
of Hong Kong estimated that 6,534 French nationals were in Hong Kong in 2019, an increase from 2,375 in 2009; the IMMD counts people physically present in Hong Kong because some people with Hong Kong permanent residency may have left the city.
It is the largest French community in Asia./ref>
Education
TheFrench International School of Hong Kong
French International School "Victor Segalen" of Hong Kong (FIS in English, french: Lycée français international Victor-Segalen; LFI; ) is a French international school in Hong Kong. It is the only accredited French school in Hong Kong (lin ...
operates multiple campuses in Hong Kong.
Famous ethnic French people
*Camille Cheng
Camille Cheng Lily-mei (; born 9 May 1993) is a Hong Kong competitive swimmer.
She qualified to the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, and was selected to represent Hong Kong in the women's 50 metre freestyle, 100 metre freestyle, 200 me ...
: Swimmer
See also
*France–Hong Kong relations
France–Hong Kong relations refers to international relations between France and Hong Kong.
History
France and Hong Kong bilateral relations could be traced back to the period of the Second French Empire (1852 to 1870). Hong Kong had been a Brit ...
* Le French May
French May Arts Festival (藝術節) is an annual arts festival organized by the Association Culturelle France - Hong Kong Limited to promote French art and culture. Events include visual arts, operas, classical and contemporary dance, music and ...
* Former French Mission Building
The Former French Mission Building is a declared monument located on Government Hill at 1, Battery Path, Central, Hong Kong. It housed the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong from 1 July 1997 to 6 September 2015.Antiquities and Monuments Of ...
* Béthanie (Hong Kong)
Béthanie is a historic building complex located in Pok Fu Lam, in Southern District, Hong Kong built in 1875 as a sanatorium by the Paris Foreign Missions Society (french: Missions Étrangères de Paris). It is a Grade I historic building.
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References
French diaspora in Asia European diaspora in Hong Kong {{French diaspora