Hongkongers in the Netherlands (Dutch: Hongkongers in Nederland) are people in the Netherlands originated from Hong Kong or having at least once such parent.
According to OECD figures there are 9,935 people in the Netherlands migrated from Hong Kong, a figure which would exclude people who declared other sources of origin and people born in the Netherlands to Hong Kong parents.[1]
As of 2012[update], figures from the Netherlands' Centraal Bureau voor de Statistiek showed that 9,757 Hong Kong-born persons (4,808 men, 4,949 women), and 8,440 persons with at least one parent born in Hong Kong (4,300 men, 4,140 women).
The number of persons of Hong Kong background has shown only mild growth, entirely due to natural increase rather than additional migration; in fact the stock of Hong Kong migrants fell by 5.6% during the same period.[2]
According to F. N. Pieke, Hong Kong was a significant source of ethnic Chinese migrants to the Netherlands in the late 1970s and early 1980s, with about 600 to 800 per year, falling off to around 300 to 400 per year by the late 1980s.[3]
One of the sources of Hongkongers in the Netherlands are Chinese Indonesians who first migrated to Hong Kong and moved onwards to the Netherlands with their children.
Notable individuals
Tsui Tin-Chau (born 1958), teacher and radio presenter
Pieke, F. N. (1999), "The Netherlands", in Pan, Lynn (ed.), The encyclopedia of the Chinese overseas, Harvard University Press, pp. 322–327, ISBN978-0-674-25210-3
