Returning Migrant Elderly Seeking Medical Care Sparks Controversy as Hong Kong Man Accuses Them of Taking a Share Without Contributing and Adding Pressure on Health Workers

A netizen posted in a Facebook group saying that while queuing for dim sum in Causeway Bay, they overheard several elderly people who had emigrated chatting, and learned that their brief return to Hong Kong was mainly to see doctors at public hospitals. The poster questioned why they had made no contribution to Hong Kong's tax revenue or economy yet were "taking a share", effectively adding to the burden on local residents and pressure on frontline health workers. The post sparked heated discussion, with some netizens arguing that emigrants' right to enjoy welfare should be abolished, but more rebutted that the elderly had contributed to Hong Kong and paid taxes when they were young, and should receive something back from society.