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[7aged]

It was a joke between my Asian friends where we would rank Asian girls based on stuck uped ness.

1. Korea
2. Singapore
3. Hong Kong
4. Japan
5. Taiwan

I don't think Singaporean girls are that bad. Sure there are a few "Sarong Party Girls" around but in general I found Singaporeans to be very friendly and approachable.

 

[Deeku]

I don't think Singaporean girls are that bad. Sure there are a few "Sarong Party Girls" around but in general I found Singaporeans to be very friendly and approachable.

I don't know la, Singaporeans in general can be pretty annoying la.

Spoiler

LA!

Anyway, my experience with mainlanders in HK hasn't been too bad. I mean, yes they're obnoxious and rude but hey, they're not exactly educated so you can't blame them for their behaviour. That video on the train with the guy arguing with the woman about her kid eating noodles was kinda funny though. His emphasis of "Dai Luk" people made me lol.

 

[Rygar 8 Bit]

Step one: Get Lu Bu
Step two: ?
Step three: You Win

 

[Zyzyxxz]

I don't know much about Macau, but a 4-fold increase in GDP (since 1999) is usually not a bad thing.

I'll ask some more knowledgeable people over lunch and see what they think.

It has also turned the place sleazy with a thriving sex trade that may employ many women who are forced into it.

I would never consider living there.

 

[numble]

It has also turned the place sleazy with a thriving sex trade that may employ many women who are forced into it.

I would never consider living there.

If things were to continue under how things were operated prior to the handover, the same issues would arise (they would not be turning away Mainlanders with money wanting to come and gamble), except that there would still be Stanley Ho's monopoly on casinos and all the Triad connections that came along with it. Now at least there are the Las Vegas corporate casinos like MGM, Wynn, etc. which have less of the organized crime aspect.

 

[Zyzyxxz]

If things were to continue under how things were operated prior to the handover, the same issues would arise (they would not be turning away Mainlanders with money wanting to come and gamble), except that there would still be Stanley Ho's monopoly on casinos and all the Triad connections that came along with it. Now at least there are the Las Vegas corporate casinos like MGM, Wynn, etc. which have less of the organized crime aspect.

True but I still wouldn't live there regardless.

 

[El Sloth]

Why is it rude to eat noodles on the train? Unless it's something fermented.

Well, I can't speak for everyone obviously, but many in NYC consider it rude to eat anything on the train period (so much so that I believe there has been a bill proposed to outlaw food on the subway). Because the trains can rock back and forth or lurch suddenly, there is a risk of getting food splattered all over the people next to you or on the seats. I'd assume that's the main issue with the noodles.

I have an issue with people eating greasy shit with their hands and then spreading that grease all over the poles and rails. That's a always a nice surprise. I also think it's pretty discourteous to start eating something with a strong smell in a closed train car.

 

[Bleepey]

I don't know la, Singaporeans in general can be pretty annoying la.

Spoiler

LA!

Anyway, my experience with mainlanders in HK hasn't been too bad. I mean, yes they're obnoxious and rude but hey, they're not exactly educated so you can't blame them for their behaviour. That video on the train with the guy arguing with the woman about her kid eating noodles was kinda funny though. His emphasis of "Dai Luk" people made me lol.

Isn't that malasians?

 

[industrian]

Well, I can't speak for everyone obviously, but many in NYC consider it rude to eat anything on the train period (so much so that I believe there has been a bill proposed to outlaw food on the subway). Because the trains can rock back and forth or lurch suddenly, there is a risk of getting food splattered all over the people next to you or on the seats. I'd assume that's the main issue with the noodles.

I have an issue with people eating greasy shit with their hands and then spreading that grease all over the poles and rails. That's a always a nice surprise. I also think it's pretty discourteous to start eating something with a strong smell in a closed train car.

All these reasons and more.

It's illegal to eat or drink in the Taipei metro. It's the cleanest train system I've ever been on.

 

[numble]

http://www.china.org.cn/china/2012-02/10/content_24601482.htm

Fines loom for HK births that skirt family-plan law

Mainland couples who deliver extra babies in Hong Kong will be fined for violating China's family-planning policy, a Guangdong official said yesterday, echoing Hong Kong's efforts to turn away mainland pregnant women.

If mainland couples give birth to extra children, they will face fines no matter where they deliver the babies, Zhang Feng, director of the Guangdong Commission of Population and Family Planning, has warned, Hong Kong's Wen Wei Po reported.

Guangdong issued fines to several couples last year. If the parents are government officials, they will be removed from their posts and sacked from the Party, Zhang reiterated.

Meanwhile, Hong Kong authorities are mulling whether to ban non-local women from delivering babies in public hospitals, said York Chow, Hong Kong's secretary for Food and Health, the report said.

The Hospital Authority is discussing the annual quota of mainland women giving birth in public hospitals. If necessary, the quota will drop from this year's 3,400, and non-local expectant mothers might be prohibited from giving birth in public hospitals completely in order to ease pressure on already strained medical resources.

The quota will be announced in April.

Mainland women have chosen to give birth in Hong Kong partly to circumvent the government's one-child policy and also to gain the right of abode in China's most developed and wealthiest city. A broad provision in Hong Kong's Basic Law grants Hong Kong citizenship to any Chinese born there.

I know at least one Guangdong official that resigned from his post and also had a 2nd child in Hong Kong--don't know if this is related.

Anyway, I wonder if people supportive of the measures are also in favor of the Hukou system in Mainland China, which restricts the rural population from getting benefits if they move to the cities, their children's benefits being limited even if their children are born in the cities, etc.

 

[numble]

Stolen from Chinasmack:

Hong Kongers Protest Plan Allowing Mainlanders to Visit by Car
http://www.chinasmack.com/2012/pict...lan-allowing-mainlanders-to-visit-by-car.html

On Sunday, February 12th, hundreds of Hong Kongers descended on Victoria Park carrying signs and shouting slogans in an organized protest against a government plan that would allow Mainland tourists to drive their cars into the city when visiting Hong Kong.

Organized on Facebook, ostensibly to further distinguish themselves against the censored, “backwards” Mainland, the protestors rallied support via an event page “Everyone Resist Mainland Cars Coming to Hong Kong!” Aside from advertising the rally, users took the liberty of linking harrowing news stories of Mainland accidents and posting grisly pictures of car crashes. Over 7,000 people pledged to attend the rally, though on the day of the event only an estimated 500 arrived.

The proposal itself is a two-stage plan that would first allow Hong Kongers to drive to the Mainland beginning in March, but as of yet has no clear date on when Mainlanders would be allowed to drive into Hong Kong. The Hong Kong government hopes the proposal will promote economic and social integration of Hong Kong into the Pearl River Delta region and further stimulate a booming tourism trade that rakes in billions of HKD every year from an ever increasing Mainland middle class.

Despite the potential economic benefits, Hong Kongers remain worried that allowing locusts Mainlanders to drive their cars into Hong Kong will exacerbate congestion and pollution problems, as well as increase the number of accidents due to a perceived lack of regulation on Mainland roads.

Seems to be a bit erroneous reporting, as I know Hong Kongers can already drive across the border if they get a dual license plate.

 

[Zyzyxxz]

With the way Mainlanders drive they should keep out.