Comments by "May L" (@MeiinUK) on "Biu Kee Mah-Jong forced to close after more than 50 years hand-crafting mahjong tiles in Hong Kong" video.
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@jeffrey7737 : Handmade things in HK and in China is more expensive. And being frugal city, people want to earn a lot, but they want to spend very little. So his home-made ones, are not mass produced or subsidised, so he will be competed out against. So.. this is whereby.. he should find a tiny niche shared space.. but also diversify... Basically. I mean, doing that, he might just be able to earn a tiny but small living. But don't expect people to spend high cash any more, considering flats have now exploded in price. So... those spending power is no longer there. This is also why, people do not play mah jong any more. Well, they play with money. Traditionally, I think it was just a leisure thing and there was no exchange of money, is my understanding. It is meant to be an Art... (without monetary transaction) is my understanding. But of course, capitalism, and modernisation just pushed people to adapt.. and by 2022.. I think to exchange money with such games, is practically illegal. i.e. Financial services laws.. or gambling licensing etc..
My mom plays those weird card games.. she knows the rules, but I don't. She plays with her other girlie friends. And it does keep her mind ticking over and keep her busy. I used to do sudoku as well.. when I needed to train my brain and try to remember something. Used to have a portable gameboy as well with some classic brain numbing games to keep myself busy and focused.
Anyway, such things maybe are kinda forced by the local councilers to move to a better location, in case they have some kind of weird and odd provincial goals, or whatever.. and then he would be exempt and bulldozed over. Maybe this is why they are moving him to a better location, isn't it? Since PRC supposedly have a centrally controlled planning.. But if you look at other countries like Japan.. or South Korea.. they kept all of their local traditions.. and people slowly made the way they are by respecting each others' personal ownership or land, and spaces, and skills. This is not something that PRC follows through. They just want the objective, but they don't care whose heritage it was... That is the thing. Cos if you were born a farmer's family tree. Then there is no way that you would not be a landowner, or a farmer. That is kept inline in Japan and in South Korea. But in HK.. it is like, if one is a landowner, then all are landowners.. If one made mah jong, then everybody makes mah jong. Er.... This is why in china, people fight. And they compete with one another. I'm sure that isn't how it worked in other Asian societies.. Respect for the other person's role in society was super important ! PRC ? Peh ! Absolutely no respect.
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If I was to turn things around, I would first, limit and control immigration again. Kick out those from SE Asian countries, for one. Then, reduce or recover some of the estates. Have a direct rental, or renewal of rentals from specific areas... and the agents, act as a broker.. WITH backup... from some kind of financial institution.. to broker the moves. i.e. "If you are willing to give up your flat and that you move to this location, I can get you this price, and I would add extra from funding from the bank to see this through etc". He can get some kind of insurance or other.. I dunno what products that can cover these. Then... When the wrong people should not be there is not there. Leave a section for living close to offices and living spaces, government suppress those prices.. or subsidises them. Then create a space... for him... and some cultural areas. Those who do not have hukuo, is time to leave HK.. and work elsewhere. Sorry. but they should. Create some rooms again for those foreign workers for the banks again. The end. If even they can't work.. then where do you find the money to boost back up the economy ? Those on low income refuses to work in those office jobs and climb up ! One of these things.. in the UK, or the US.. one would still try and aim for a white collar job and higher paid too, even if an elderly. Yet, in china or in HK.. most people don't... I don't even get the point of not doing that.. Such a different way to view things. A lot of people are like in their 50s in the UK, and started a degree! Yet in HK... the government shift these people into elderly care homes. But what if they are not ready to go ?! If they do not want to do it, this is another thing... but if they do.. then support them to do so! You can't have a situation whereby everybody is on low income and nobody spends...
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@verifeli : Yeh... you can... I would think of something like that. A game, based on his store. And it is related to mah jong.. and then it could be a cartoon, a storyline, or it could be a maths game. Published and released. Simple, isn't it? But the thing is... HK society is like that, people do not necessarily live or help one another cohesively... and to be fair. People possibly do not relate to one another, as in families.. so they deliberately won't help either. Plus a lot of transient people always.. So.. double won't help. Everybody has their own agendas, and their own goals in life etc. If you go against that flow, people often shouts, and antagonise, and even possibly harm you in some ways. Especially if they find out that you earn more than they do. It is a harder time now to.. earn and to create an economy...
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