Businessman Ivan Ko of the Victoria Harbour Group wants to build a new city in Ireland. Ko’s idea, first reported by Ben Haugh of The Times, is to bring the people of Hong Kong – and their capital – to plan, build, and control this new city. The increasing dominance of mainland China in Hong Kong’s affairs provides a supply of willing and wealthy emigrants, who wish to leave what they see as a draconian regime. Those migrants would benefit greatly from the stable democracy Ireland enjoys. The benefit for Ireland would be the infusion of ideas they bring with…
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