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1996 and 2016. As such, he concluded that “recent
                     immigrants were economically more active than the rest of

                     the population for both men and women”.


                     So it is no surprise that the Hong Kong government
                     announced rolling out a fast track immigration scheme to

                     attract more technology professionals in 2018.


                           Social diversification conducive to
                                          development

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                     However, the same WIPO study brought out an interesting

                     point, that social diversification is conducive to social and
                     economic development.


                     This is because the key to innovation and technology is

                     a novel idea. The top U.S. universities which are famous
                     for science and technology, such as the Massachusetts
                     Institute of Technology and Stanford University, have
                     recently encouraged students to pursue a joint major in

                     computer science and other disciplines, such as language,
                     music, or economics. Their coursework also aims at
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