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Mainland Students Move Into Higher-Rent Hong Kong Residences

By Drooid · Sep 22, 2026, 2:46 AM UTC · How we work

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Mainland Chinese university students are moving into purpose-built student residences in Hong Kong.
Professionally managed residences attract them despite charging higher rents than many private flats.
Students cite greater convenience, stronger security, predictable costs and better living environment.
Qi Zhonghao a robotics master’s student at CUHK left a HK$7,000-8,000 subdivided unit for off-campus housing.
He moved after limited on-campus housing was available.

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Story summary

Mainland Chinese university students are moving into purpose-built student residences in Hong Kong.
Professionally managed residences attract them despite charging higher rents than many private flats.
Students cite greater convenience, stronger security, predictable costs and better living environment.
Qi Zhonghao a robotics master’s student at CUHK left a HK$7,000-8,000 subdivided unit for off-campus housing.
He moved after limited on-campus housing was available.