The UK’s new visa programme allowing Hong Kong British National (Overseas) status holders to live in the UK is “very generous” and “addresses the desperate needs of Hong Kong people,” an exiled Hong Kong human rights activist said. BN(O) status holders in Hong Kong and their eligible family members can apply for a visa to live, study, and work in the UK from Jan. 31, with the opportunity to renew the visa and eventually apply for British citizenship. Simon Cheng, a former employee of the British consulate in Hong Kong who is now living in the UK, said he believes most people in Hong Kong are grateful for the UK’s offer, and welcome the opportunity. “I feel that a sense of fear would be prevailing and common in Hong Kong. People are losing confidence to ‘One Country, Two Systems,’ so that’s why they’re getting out,” the pro-democracy activist told The Epoch Times …