tofu

you know how life look like in hk, compare to what you are experiencing now, which one do you like?
if you are still young and don't have anything to hold back, why not?!?  no matter it is good or not, it is still part of your experience and will be part of your memory.  
you can still come back anytime ma.

tofu

That is why you need to expand horizon from Hong Kong to other cities in mainland China. Many Chin ...
peter236 發表於 2010-4-28 11:15

hk doesn't has msp, so you need to get all kinds of health insurance or "touch wood" all your saving for any health problem.  local traffic costs time and money.  $50/$60? will takes you anywhere by public transit here.  or spend a little more for a car. in hk, prepare to pay 4x 5x more money and time la.  
most people in vancouver are so so.  not bad, not good.
in hk, you have more opportunity to be rich or even more to be poor.

tofu

if you are really just getting $8/hr, you should stay here.  you are working at the lowest lever of work, which you are protected by the minimum wage.  but in hk, the same job may only pay you $4000hkd/month.
let say you work at mcdonald, you work 8hrs/day with 6days work, you earn $1664/month.  after taxes, probably around $1300, which is around $9000hkd.
do you think you will better off with earning $1300 or $4000(or $6000) in hk.  if you can't afford a car here.  the same type of job in hk will allow you to buy a car in hk.  if you are the cashier at mcdonald in vancouver, you will become a ceo at mcdonald in hk???
compare apple to apple la.

you can get an used car for $2000 or even lower, of course lot of things to fix, no money, learn it la.  no free lunch in this world

tofu

i'm not getting any vehicles in hk
just comparing the lifestyle between them
you won't able to find  ...
godavid 發表於 2010-4-28 22:56

yes, malls close early here, but you get off early as well. malls close at 11pm in hk, but you probably get off at 8/9pm.  so big difference???  prefer to go shopping after 8hrs work or 10+ hrs work? entertainment life is better in hk?, depends on what type of entertainment do you like.
you don't really have chance to show off your brand name stuffs here, but you can save your money and go on vacation or do something else, own a speedboat? a trailer? and ....
as i said before, if you can afford it, move back and experience different types of life.  but just don't fantasize it.  definitely you will dislike some parts of hk really soon.

tofu

yes, you can buy an apartment in the New Territories for about HK$1,500,000, but you don't own the land and the apartment probably last for 30-40years.  if you buy an apartment house in surrey, it costs the same, but at least you own the land.  

you tried to compare our olympic village to public housing in hk, what a job, remember what 新鴻基 said, "the size and quality of these apartments are not good enough for human to live"

our public transit is not as good as hk, since our population density is much less, in the other way, we have more space here.

if 85000 is not the issue, why they stop this policy?
they stop selling public housing for a long time, and just recently restart to sell the rest that built years ago.  they stop  number of policies that help middle class to purchase their own home.

tofu

hk is not increasing public housing.  they are start to rebuild the public housing.  and our high quality public housing program was never been stopped.  

people pay much less tax in hk and they enjoy close to none benefit as well.  pay for pre school programs, pay for books, almost 50 people in each class, limited seats for special needed students.  no free hot lunch.  senior needs to pay full price for mtr.  high medical expense.  like a joke ui, welfare & senior supplement.  teacher responsible for selling lunch package.  and more.  there is no free lunch, if you want to enjoy the benefits, you need to pay too.

you are not talking about the quality of the public housings, but i am.  why don't we compare the completed finish apartment which include the basic electric to the unfinished apartment in hk.