Hong Kong in say 5 years time

[Tiger Beer]

Originally Posted by singaporelady

I must say I am not familiar with Hong Kong and would like to hear from those who are familiar with it..

Where do you see Hong Kong in say 5 yrs time ? Will it have progresed significantly or do you see not much progress .

Do you see say Manila , Vietnam rising to be on par with Hong Kong ?

Or do you see Hong KoNg rising to the level of say Japan ?

Hong Kong is a very well-developed city. It already IS at the level of Japan cities. Not as clean by any means, and never will be, but its a very well-developed with.

I don't see Manila or HCMC catching up to Hong Kong even in 20 years from now.

Hong Kong's biggest downfall at the moment is the Mainland Chinese all over the city now, and the social/political issues that keep arising from it. Latest big story is a Hong Konger took a photo of a mainland Chinese mother who let her kid poop in the middle of the street (common with Mainlanders), and a big political in the newspapers dispute erupted with HOng Kongers being prudes and anti-chinese because they signaled out the Mainlanders origin.

I kinda see the mainlander flux continuing, and that being a strain on the overall image of the Hong Kong people (which is generally very positive if they are an original Hong Konger).

But infrastructure, transportation, buildings, things to see, Hong Kong has been for a long time, up there with Japan's level, in my opinion. Hong Kong is a gorgeously beautiful city, and will continue to be for a long time.

[Tomboy-]

You see what happened in 2019.

Still waiving the flag of the UK about a week ago, rioters are now physically against a large British bank in HK with many people from all walks of life including pro democracy camp HK people also its long time customers.

If it is SG vs HK, SG wins. Mainly due to being more peaceful.
Japan is a law or rule abiding country with more than one city and one billion people, insular and strange society with low birth and immigration so no comparison with HK. The US is famous for violence, so no comparison with East And Southeast Asia.

HK lost to SG in 2019 because some but not all HK young people destroys HK. The local shoppers and tourists away are afraid.

HK doesn't progress significantly, it did progress significantly like Singapore in the last decades of the last century. what we see this century is an increase in income or wealth of HK Chinese and foreign companies and residents, with the rich and smart people very satisfied with the increase and this is related to the rise of the economy of China, such as more and more Chinese stocks traded in HK and the increasing investment from Mainland China. Macau progress significantly after the Portuguese rule ended but now have trouble maintaining the growth due to decreasing tourists and amout of money gambled.

The profits of some industries will be maintained or grow, the damage to British and Chinese bank branches in HK is useless as depositors, money lenders and financial traders don't have to arrive at branches while some industries such as restaurants, tourism and non online retail suffer because no people seen means no profit.

Originally Posted by singaporelady

I must say I am not familiar with Hong Kong and would like to hear from those who are familiar with it..

Where do you see Hong Kong in say 5 yrs time ? Will it have progresed significantly or do you see not much progress .

Do you see say Manila , Vietnam rising to be on par with Hong Kong ?

Or do you see Hong KoNg rising to the level of say Japan ?

[Hal Roach]

Not a billion people in Japan...more like 126.8 million.