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Elderly Immigrants: Enclave

Lau Dept: "I'd like a more typical North American city and lifestyle, with not so many Chinese people," said Lau, who came to Canada from Hong Kong in 1993. "When you immigrate to a new country, you don't want to experience just what you're used to. You want a new adventure.", according to Vancouver Sun. To support his parents-in-law, who live with Lau and his wife. They don't speak English or own a car. Like many recent and elderly immigrants, Lau's in-laws feel more comfortable in Chinese surroundings and jeremy Lau sometimes wishes familial duty didn't compel him to live in central Richmond. So why does Lau, who works in the high-tech industry, remain in the heart of the largest, highly concentrated, ethnic Chinese enclave in Canada? (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.