Comments by "LoC28C" (@LoC28C) on "How Singapore Solved Housing" video.

  1. The Hong Kong Protesters has been calling out for Hong Kong to be just like Singapore. Looking a the details of the laws and actions taken by the Singapore Government I can see it is Impossible for the Hong Kong Public as all the things that the Singaporean Government has been doing is what is all the Opposition politicians has been opposing for the past 23 years since the return of Hong Kong back to China.
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  2. Jonathan Williams Hong Kongers will Never be able to accept these kind of housing policies and it is evident that the opposition leaders in Hong Kong has been protesting and opposing any forms of reforms to move Hong Kong towards this kind of home ownership in Hong Kong. The methods employed by Singapore is too authoritarian to be remotely acceptable by Hong Kongers.
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  3. Kin Fong Yeung No the main housing problem stems from the colonial era and it’s policies. Let me tell you why: 1. The tax structure of Hong Kong is too low and it will not be able to support it’s infrastructures and social services. The only thing funding these is the fact that the Hong Kong Government must sell land to the highest bidder and this is controlled by a few families in Hong Kong. The other factor funding these infrastructures in Hong Kong is the subsidies from the Chinese Communist Party. 2. The land usage policies in Singapore were very effective as it allows the HDB to have a far reach to what they deem necessary so as to allow the use of land for public good. This is totally not acceptable by Hong Kong Standards as it is against the philosophy of the Free Market Economy that Hong Kong treasures so much and what the Hong Kong opposition politicians has been using as an excuse to bring down any development plans by the ruling Hong Kong Government. 3. Hong Kongers will Never be able to accept a higher income tax bracket as they are so engrained in to their minds that this is the best for them. The restructuring of the Hong Kong income tax structure will be met with too much resistance from not only the opposition politicians but also the rich elites and also the urban poor of Hong Kong too. These are the few things that I can see are major obstacles that the Hong Kong governments will not be able to overcome or it may take decades to overcome to achieve what Singapore has. The only way that this can be used to resolve the Hong Kong Crisis would be the acceptance of Hong Kong that they are more integrated in to Mainland laws and system Then this would be able to be done for the benefits of the Hong Kong people. otherwise it will forever remain as it is, just a dream.
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  4. Sam. S if you are from Hong Kong you seem to be totally blind.
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  5. Jonathan Williams a lot of people still living in Hong Kong and do not want to move to the mainland for more opportunities because they have no idea about what is happening there in the Mainland and do not want to look at what is happening there for they are afraid that they may change their minds that whatever is happening in the mainland of China may not be totally horrible nor totalitarian nor restrictions of any religion nor any of those organ harvesting fake news all over the media in Hong Kong.
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  6. Jonathan Williams China is only not free in the eyes of the Western media. However the in the eyes of the people of china they are happy and free.
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