As a Hong Konger, definitely Singapore. Cut aside all the yellow/blue nationalism political stuff, the biggest problem with HK is the EXTREMELY incompetent government for the past 2 decades, something Hong Kongers regardless of political stance would 100% agree upon. A city cannot grow when the administration care more about scoring cookie points with Beijing over actual good governance. From unfinished link bridges that were 10-40x overbudget, MTR replacement parts that got quote 10x market price yet still suspiciously approved, to the new Single-Use Plastic Ban that did absolutely nothing but create more garbage. You almost never see that in Singapore because the government officials in Singapore are actually competent scholars who didn't buy their way to a degree in some 3rd rate college unlike majority of the current HK lawmakers. There's a reason whenever Singapore government initiatives, innovations, projects, etc are mentioned, it's almost always about how great it is and the leap of progress achieved. While whatever HKSAR government introduced on the other hand, will always be about HKers working around the smooth brain laws or initiatives of the low IQ government. Singapore is not perfect of course, but it's surely in top 1% of countries that are near it. Hong Kong is only surviving thanks to its free port status and tons of tax exemptions that make doing business great, even then they are still losing business quarterly and y-o-y because no one is buying HKSAR government's ping ponging lies and bs.
@@HumanTherapy Well said 👍👍👍 Hong Kong has too many problems; housing and education are below par when compared with Singapore. What Hong Kong really needs now is more public housing for the people. I agree Hk govt is totally inept and useless and it would be better if Hong Kong is directly under the CCP. With the central government taking control of Hong Kong, I am sure the first thing they would do is simply to build more homes for the people ..
HK hands down. Just the boring hot climate in Singapore and no mountains and real beaches would drive me nuts. Singapore is also too small and crowded and owning a car is very prohibitive. Singapore Press and media is also heavily censored
How do i define home. Home is where I was born, the place I live, the place I work, the place i raise my family. Home for me will forever be Singapore. I am a patriot and I love my country Singapore. There is no place on Earth like Singapore. I am forever grateful that I was born in Singapore. And I witnessed the rise of Singapore from slum to First World.
Totally agree 1000%. My grandparents and parents and their children (including me) live through the slum times to being a First World country. I know how Singapore was during this transition period. Back then life was simple and people were contented and happy. Singapore is my home forever!
Me too, I witnessed students from Chung Cheng High School running along Tg Katong with the Riots Police chasing after them. Before I was teenager, I also witnessed racial riot at Geylang Serai. I have used a hole in ground to a flushing toilet in a HDB. Now thats was my slum to the First World.
The success and prosperity of Singapore has nothing to do with luck. It’s all the sheer hard work of an effective and capable government that has made Singapore to what it is today. But we’re lucky to have LKY and PAP
😂 remove LKY and the country goes to hell like many neighbouring countries. Yes Singapore is lucky. Don't pretend like your pioneers work harder than people from Bangladesh labouring to build your BTO.
@@bminton3291 OP said sacrifices and hard work of the pioneer generations of sg. that includes LKY and his generation. they did hard labour too to build sg into what we are today. and it is our duty to continue the success of our forefathers in the appropriate manner too. we can still easily run sg to hell like many countries around us if we don’t do things properly. a country can easily go bad in 1 generation. LKY has passed on but sg is still doing fine. so please don’t disregard the efforts of the current govt and ppl as a whole. it takes 2 hands to clap. we are very blessed to have good governance and had a bunch of leaders who saw the need and stepped up and ppl who respect the govt enuf to work tgt harmoniously. i won’t call it lucky. it is not easy too.
I dislike it when other people say Singapore is very lucky. It's not luck. It's strategic planning given what you have. Sure we have a great geographical position in terms of trade and natural disasters, but if you do nothing with this advantage, it is also wasted. In fact, so many other countries have so much more natural resources that those are the ones I will say it's lucky. If you use "luck" to describes Singapore's rise, it really really discounts the hard work and toil that our previous generations went through, and the all the young people who are working hard now to make their lives even better.
I do think that his ill choice of the word “lucky” is down to his lack of the English vocabulary…but it does provide a trigger for feedback from viewers, myself included. 😅
Unsure why every time I listen to these rich foreigners' praises on Singapore make me think they are hypocrites.Their mindset of "so lucky" is ignoring/discounting the hard work and scarifies of previous generations who build Singapore. It is no different from anyone call someone is so lucky for winning a sport competition but they ignore that someone has trained and work hard for it as well.
I agree with you. Hard work, unity and strategic planning took us where we are. Many foreigners only think SG is "lucky" because we are located in a strategic maritime route. And we will be DOOM if the Thais build "Kra land bridge", or "one belt one road" cutting us off. For those who wants to know. Maritime shipping is only contributing 7% to our GDP. Maritime is just passive income for SG. We had long moved up the value chain since the 80's. Another standard comment that i buay tahan is when foreigners commented. SG so small, one bomb all die. Lol. For goodness sake, u think we dont know that you know? For those who needs to know SG have many military bases in other countries. Dont disturb the hornet nest. Dont say no tell. Lol. For fun. Nice weekend everyone! 😅
As a fellow Gen X, I find myself agreeing to Peter's views. Having lived in so many different places, I find him very open, astute and honest. His mindset is very different from that of what I have of a man from China, even if he's highly educated, has a good job, travelled the world and lived in many different countries in different parts of the world. He's so sharp, grounded, realistic and humble 👍 I think his willingness and openness to immerse himself into our society doesn't make him feel being stereotyped. Actually I think he speaks English like a local, just minus the Singlish. I feel that a lot of Chinese from China, when they migrate here, they refuse to learn to speak English, even just simple words. I've neighbours who are like that, even after 10 years. We're a multiracial society so we're also not speaking in perfect English all the time, hence partly why Singlish exists😅 I especially like what he said at the end about the meaning of life - achievement and supporting others and in return, giving and rewarding back to the society, the basic principle of human life.👍 He didn't say Singapore is very lucky. He said others said Singapore is very lucky. Because he knows and appreciates our super efficient government. And I agree with him. Though it's so very hot and humid here, I cannot complain because we are very lucky we don't have natural disasters like earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamis etc, here. Yes, we're indeed lucky🙏 But the safety, stability, equality, freedom and prosperity that we enjoy is not through luck. Our forefathers, pioneers and our government led especially by our dear Mr Lee Kuan Yew laid the foundation for our country, our government and our people. I'm always very thankful and grateful to our government especially during and after the COVID pandemic. 🙏 As like most Singaporeans, we already know how hard our government works but especially during the pandemic, it really showed how difficult it was, and still is, for us, a small country without any natural resources, to survive and why our government made and will still make, certain, though very painful but absolutely necessary, decisions for our survival. And when our current PM Mr Lawrence Wong, then the Minister for National Development who fronted key announcements as co-chair of the multi-ministry task force during the COVID pandemic, broke down in Parliament while paying tribute to everybody especially the 'unsung heroes' like the invisible ordinary Singaporeans, I cried too because it was really a very difficult time for everybody, what more for a government who had a weight of 5.7 million lives dependent on them. I couldn't and still can't imagine that immense pressure. It made me even more appreciative of our people and our government. And especially after I watched news of how other countries coped with the pandemic. So I'm forever thankful and grateful 🙏 Majulah Singapura!
@fungmeiho2976 I agree with you. I want to be honest here. Though I'm a Singaporean and my grandparents are from China, I have a very bad impression of Chinese. Peter actually changed my views / stereotype of people from China. It was kind of because of my "hate" for them that I decided to watch this video when it appeared on my feed as I was pretty curious how Chinese in Singapore felt about us. When I first heard him speak, I was like ya lar, typical Chinese speaking English and I was quite shocked about the part when he mentioned that he doesn't really feel that we stereotype Chinese Nationals, as I'm obviously guilty of that, but I think you are right, he is really very open and willing to immerse himself into our society, probably that's why he does not feel stereotyped. Honestly, if I know him, I would not mind being friends with him as well, he seemed like a really humble guy. Of course, I'm not saying all Chinese Nationals are bad lah, I have also seen good ones like him. Just that probably they form a minority, that is why I have a bad impression of them. To me, majority of Chinese are like really loud and they are quite full of themselves but Peter feels different. He is humble and down to Earth. I'm not too sure if it was because he lived in many parts of the world before, so he has a more comprehensive view of the world. But honestly, if every Chinese national is like him, I wouldn't mind welcoming them into our society. And I think what he said actually inspired me, I'm kind of lost in life right now. What he said about life got me thinking. And yes, as a Singaporean, I'm very proud of Singapore's government, Always efficient and usually handled things well. It all started with our dear LKY, though he was hated for being cold-hearted in the past, I feel that it was this character of him that we have a corrupt free government although recently got some corruption 😅 But overall, I still think Singapore's government has really done a really great job in shaping into how we are today. Really grateful.
@joannesoh9442 Yes. I also have very bad impressions of the Chinese. I've been rebutting those online who call us '坡县' and why we look like Chinese but we can't speak Chinese and why our MRT stations are in '讨厌的' English. Maybe those residing around me behave in their typical way- loud and very fixed in their ways and thinking. Of course, I've met very different ones too. But just too few of them. As for our government and our dear Mr Lee Kuan Yew, I'm forever thankful and grateful 🙏 Of course, there are always areas where we can do better. I've just watched Max's interview with Dr Brian James Tracey. Very enlightening👍
This is a Chinese national I would warmly welcome in Singapore, his world view is more international, he speaks English, he appreciates Singapore for what it is…. In short, he doesn’t fit the stereotype of a PRC. He seems happy and willing to integrate, rather than harp on China and Singapore being “compatriots”, which frankly puts Singaporeans off. Singaporeans are not racist, but we dislike PRCs who seem to think we are affiliated to them in some way and should show some allegiance. This guy, on the other hand, is not like that. He thinks more like a Singaporean. Good interview choice, Max.
"Singapreans are not racist." If you are an ethnic Chinese Singaporean, how can you be racist to another ethnic Chinese from the mainland China? By the way, have you seen the way the Singaporean CEO of TikTok was treated during the US congressional hearing?
A ‘PRC’ will only be noticed if they meets the stereotype of ‘PRC’. This stereotype exists because it’s not normal but not because most of the PRC act this way. Those people would be ‘outstanding’ even if they were in China. Assuming that 1 of 1000 in China’s 1.4b population has some problems, there would be 1.4m people. I’m a ‘PRC’ but would not stand out from a crowd of Singaporeans because I act like an average person.
I do not think " lucky" is the correct word to use. Singapore as a nation has built a reputation of being fair and safe through our competent government & transparent system. We do not benefit from others' misfortune, but rather the people who chose to come here have made their own calculations and judgments.
Exactly…no way was and is Singapore “lucky”. Singapore - much thanks to the leadership of the late visionary Mr Lee Kuan Yew - went from a fishing village-type island to this bustling thriving economy without any natural resources (except human) to fall back on. This is not luck…it’s hard graft and people the world over can see that. And kudos to the government, there is no resting on their laurels. The financial and social (and more) stability is what draws people to the island state. Over the years, the multi-cultural characteristic of Singaporeans have evolved into this national identifiable trait of warm friendliness (from the taxi driver to the vendor in the wet market to your neighbour) that is hard to beat. Yes, there’s still work to be done…and the government is working on it, from my experience of witnessing the positive changes that continue to be wrought.
When I growing up in Singapore, I experienced using an outhouse, a hole in ground to a truck with 24 doors and finally a throne. Singapore is "Lucky" because of one man.
@@christine8203 Singapore was not a fishing village island when LKY took over. It was a middle-income country (by UN/World Bank definitions) and the world's fifth-biggest port by the mid-fifties....
HK and Singapore are 2 very different cities and you cannot compare them directly. Singapore is just lucky to have PM LKY and his pioneer team. There are problems that Singapore face everyday that HK will never have. HK think about making money everyday. Singapore think about survival everyday. Very nice interview from a very positive gentleman.
SG is “lucky” in a sense that we had an “Asian parent like” leader in LKY. If we had the freedom mindset to everything we would be a typical South East Asian country + crime and drugs. Humans need laws and religions to know their boundaries.
We always welcome guys like him who can evolve in Singapore and find harmony. Be it with Chinese or any other nation, if you share the same with us, this is a place for you.
I think lucky is not the right word. It was intentional strategizing. I remember back in those days where Singapore's economy was fragile. Anw I am happy for this guy here.
I like his honestly n truthful view n comments. This is good citizen/ foreigner. He gets along with locals n not fight with locals as I have had experience with some bad/naughty ones. Singapore welcome u n family!!! Wishing u n family good health n enjoy your stay. 🌹🌹🌹❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏
Very chill and likeable guy. As for the debate in the comments about whether SG is LUCKY or not, well let's see put it this way ... We are indeed LUCKY that fate decreed that Koh Teong Koo save LKY from the Sook Ching Massacre. Otherwise, without the absolute brilliance of LKY, the real Ironman, AND his stalwarts, we would likely have succumbed to the fact that we had NOTHING but the people for resources. In fact to quote LKY's own words from his memoirs, "Well I was lucky. I was lucky. Those who went on that lorry were taken to the beach and shot. Would have been me." LKY felt he was so lucky he said it TWICE. 😂
My late grandfather had the same luck, he was directed to go on the other lorry (by the Japanese officer) while his friend was shoved on the opposite one and later machine gunned down at Changi beach. My mother wouldn't have been born later in 1951, and so I might be living another life now :) I share Peter's sentiment about giving back to society, a theme that was echoed by most of Max's guests, because none of us made it through life without "luck", be it the luck of others' goodwill, kindness, or plain serendipity. Those who think meritocracy truly reflects their success through only personal ability should reexamine their beliefs about themselves.
After reading all the comments, I think a lot of people are misunderstanding the words lucky the guests mean, he didn't say Singapore success was due to lucky, he said Singapore was lucky to nearby places people to be a safe heaven to hide from when they are in trouble such as HK riots Indonesia anti Chinese riots to come to. That's was the "lucky" he really means.
Singapore. I have lived in HK for 3 years, it was a terrible place for health and work culture. I am alot happier back in Singapore, I am a Singaporean anyway.
I think what he means is that Singaporean are lucky as our government did a good job from day one from our pioneer........ These 30 years overall society are stable ..... In that sense, we are lucky 😊 Thank you to our government and community for cointuine to improved and maintain the stability of our society 👏 👍 🙏
points to take away for shorts: 1 Europeans are also very hard working, they put in their time in the right places. 2 Rich Chinese 1% of PRC Chinese is 14 million people. Add in another 2% of comfortable upper middle class, it is 42 million people, more than the 3 very rich Benelux countries Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg. 3 Yes, we are lucky and yes, we made our own luck.
Singapore success was achieved by hard work of the people mostly, but there is little luck part which is Lee Kuan Yew as Singapore leader. Without the combination of hard working humble people and leader like LKY, I dont think Singapore would be as great as now. PS: how much I wish my country had leader as wise and brave like LKY, and people like Singapore.
Singapore is successful is bcoz of foresight & a proper planning in all aspects of life. Sheer hardwork is wasteful without great vision & gd foresight.
I'd personally love to learn more about the perspective of people who have moved to HK. So far, the channel has only aired the Singapore =good, Hong Kong = bad perspective. I'm sure people on YT would also be interested to learn about people who have moved to HK and really enjoy it.
Hong Kong has a great countryside with acres of mountains and forests as far as the eye can see. There are secluded beaches as well. Plenty of nice villages.
I guess only people from places like n.korea and communist china moving to live in Hong Kong will find themselves "happier" than living in their original country. Else, it would be suicide for people from other developed countries to migrate to Hong Kong at this present moment.
Got 2 poly friends who shifted to SG as 2nd gen, served their NS and have decent careers in SG. However when 2 honkies meet up each other, the Cantonese vulgarities just come out their mouths like a typical HK taxi driver 😅
@@busybee5156 - - There are lots of people who do not give a damn what's going on around them, what's happening to ordinary people around them so long as those unpleasant things did not befall on themselves. That's why we can see there are still so many people chose to visist communist china despite the barbaric and tyranny behavior of the govt. So long as these tourists have not come across any unpleasant things while in there, they would not give a damn how bad the place is, they just want to enjoy the scenery. Till such time when they encounter some unpleasant experiences with the authorities there, then they would start to kpkb when they return. So, your nephew is lucky so far, till one day when he's unreasonably harassed by the law enforcers while on the streets, his perspective will be different. As the chinese says go "... when the needle hasn't prick on your flesh, you won't feel the pain.. '
i worked for a hong kong company before ...they highly encouraged me to pack my lunch back and eat in front of my computer and work as i eat . didnt like that
I like Singapore when I was there last year but HK weather is great, there is always something for everyone anywhere in the world. Great interview and a wise gentleman that u interviewed, may he know his creator and when he seek Him with all his heart , he will find Him.
He is right to say that foreigners run to Singapore whenever they face problems in their countries. Eg in the initial covid days, there were PRC coming to SG to get top level free medical service (it was foc initially) and yet demand and threaten when they couldn't get their ways (heard from frontline medical staff).
Watched vid for 16 mins - this dude is v clever and a reasonable man too. I like how he speaks English, I like how non-insular he is. Happy to have him call Singapore home.
Singapore is like a Chinese summer home. I go there I feel the chinese. Its kinda like a china town with extra indian and malay influences very nice place Singaporians should be very proud.
Oh, did you know thar our national language is Malay. Mosques, Temples and Churches are next to each other. We also lives work and shit together. Majulah Singapore.
Just a matter of time CCP will take over Singapore like Hong Kong from the way things progress...😅 To CCP, everything in this planet, the sun and moon belong to them.
@@shadowj3311it's already happening dear, every time I come to Singapore, the number of China people I see is staggering 😮. In a generation or two, all will be from china!😂 The locals will be replaced by china people😅
Question? Now SG is peaceful, what if SG one day become chaos and threaten by foreign power will you all expats, especially Hongkonger, will you be still here or just disappear to somewhere else? All expats do not have the same WILL like Singaporean for self-determined. All "Expats" leaving locally will always has the DNA to move to greener and safer place as this is your reason you are here in SG now. You are lucky and not Singaporean as we and our children has to stay back in time of trouble to defense this little red dot.
however, singapore always had great leaders trying to make friends with all nebors. singapore does not have western style democracy that encourages leaders like zelensky,biden, trump only popularity matters. so minimal risk of into chaos
Peter seems like a great person with a positive outlook in life, he is also very international and I would say he is quite different from a typical Chinese person from China. SG is better than HK for (Mainland) Chinese because in SG, the dominant tongue for Singaporean Chinese is Mandarin (outside of English), vs. Cantonese in in HK.
Good listening to the viewpoints of a person who has been living in other countries and compare to Singapore. However, I tend to disagree with his point about losing of personal items in a public space. It is not we S'poreans are being complacent especially when in Europe, but the facts are that Europe streets are relatively full of pickpockets . My relatives and myself are victims of these pickpockets in London, Prague, Paris. Even when in cities which you think safe like Vienna, I've warned to be very careful of my personal items when strolling there. We wore simply and no expensive items , but yet we are victimes.
Even talking about luck snd lucky. YOU STILL NEED TO PUSH AND WORK HARD TO WHERE YOU WANT.AND THAT IS WHAT OUR PIONEERS OUR GOV AND PEOPLES BEEN DOING. WE ARE NOT BIG BUT SMALL COUNTRY. NOT EVEN A BIG COUNTRY WHERE HER OR HIS GOV WORK THIS HARD LIKE SINGAPORE GOV N PEOPLE. THAT'S LUCK N LUCKY. THINK TWICE AGAIN
With China new security law in hk. It is safer to travel there but not now, I have issues communicating with the Hong-Kongers. I hope China makes it compulsory for the new or younger generation Hong-Kongers to learn and communicate in Mandarin and English for business.
Singapore Rice Noodle with the Chinese sausage is my favorite Chinese food. The type of rice noodles you use for this Singapore Noodles recipe is very important! ... Chinese Sausage/traditional sweet Lop Cheung)
@@Aurica34 it’s in fast food Chinese restaurants in the USA. Many of the Chinese Americans that work there are Cantonese. The only thing I don’t like about Singapore Rice Noodle is it’s very oily. American Chinese fast food is not exactly healthy. There are new inventions added to the menu like cream cheese wontons. If it’s near a black area they sell a lot of deep fried chicken wings.
Your Singapore Rice Noodle or 新洲炒米粉 is not a Singapore dish. It is a dish made from a Hong Kong chef and you can never find this noodle in Singapore. At home, we will cook a similar dish with rice noodle and similar ingredients except we will not put curry powder or curry paste to it. Only Hong Kong people love to put curry powder & curry paste to their rice noodles
singapore is heaven country for people who like to listen and no question or argue with government and absoutely obessed of being clean and obeying laws and of course live a safe and healthy life😁😁😁😁
It’s not that SGreans think any particular place is unsafe, just that it’s another internal “radar”that needs to switch on when going abroad in terms of safety, which can kill the buzz. It doesn’t help when it’s constantly reported on the news and from friends. 😅
Lucky? Tikam, tikam. Not a gambling den. We thank Creator, God moves in way we cannot see. Been kicked out of Malaysia n all nations around us said we will die n not survive.
I think he meant we are lucky to be born Singaporeans. Yes the previous generations of Singaporeans work hard to get us to where we are today, with efficient governance. From the third party perspective, they will think 'how lucky you guys are to be born in SG'. The younger generations are lucky that we are born with such stability, efficiency and prosperity around us. It is now our perogative that we never let down our guards. This country is small, it can collapse easily.
Not unless you live in a village,such as in Sai Kung,the New Territories,or the Outlying Islands. There's a choice between rural and urban in Hong Kong.
It is our b cos we have good solid people in gov that in sincere of built up country and her people. And her people and pioneers works hard ...and not base on luck. We are small. We work hard we honor our total loyalty to our nation
HI. I must tell you this. We singapore singaporean is not lucky. Please lnow our history and dig more. THEN you know. SINGAPORE singaporean where we are what we are how we come about. Not about luck lucky. It is our pioneers our peoples that built it up where we are.
At least, you won't get assaulted for speaking Mandarin in Singapore, but rather asked to speak English for those who can't understand Mandarin(ie: ethnic Malays and ethnic Indian or English educated ethnic Chinese).
My family from USA and Europe (UK, Germany). I am looking forward to going to all these Asian countries. I heard China, India, USA, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Brasil, Germany, UK are predicted to be the world's most richest countries (in order by wealth) by 2050. Many other countries are also expected to be good Egyot, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Poland, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Nigeria.
I am member of USA democratic party. So I never go to Russia or North Korea or any communist co6ntry. Democracy, American style capitalism all around the world.
Singapore can be considered to be "lucky" when it got "decoupled" from Malaysia! The resilient pioneer generations of leaders and citizens of Singapore ( of all races, the stayers, not the quitters) then put in the sacrifices and hard work required to create the prosperous Singapore of today. Many older generation pioneers had sacrificed their best years doing National Service to keep Singapore secure and safe for it's economic development. Singapore's success also attracted many "fair weather foreigners" coming into Singapore now, calling it their "home" though hardly contributing anything to build it or taking roots to becomes citizens. They will likely flutter away as soon as things sours up. They do not have any special skills or knowledge that Singaporeans do not possessed.
The harder you work the luckier you will get. I work for a Singapore company for 28 years, first time back to Si g two weeks ago, and spoke to many of my friends, and the common theme is rich Chinese from CHINA are taking over by buying up real estates which locals cannot compete. I hope SING govt can keeps this under control otherwise eventually SING WILL BECOME CCP China.
Singapore is very very fortunate to have L K Y !. No L K Y ! NO world class 1st world Singapore today. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤Singapore 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍. Many nations envy Singapore success story.
singapore has better basic housing conditions. hong kong has better luxury housing. hong kong has no national service liabilities, singapore do. hong kong has no death penalty, singapore has it. hong kong has better views. both places are very safe, no racism, high medical efficiency. singapore is cleaner. singaporeans are less brainwashed than hong kong by western media.
What you know about Singapore? Lucky is not the word to describe Singapore! How much hardwork and sacrifices our pioneer generation made for what we are today! So wake up your ideas 😮
I consider Singapore is ‘lucky’ because we had a great team of founding ministers led by our greatest leader Mr Lee Kuan Yew. After that I don’t consider lucky no more. Under their leadership and pure hardwork and sacrifice of our forefathers the pioneer generation help build our country Singapore and lay the foundation for generation to follow.
Very subjective question if you ask random people. But in terms of future Hong Kong can become great if the HK Govn can crackdown real estate. If you have traveled and lived in China for a while and regularly you will see the insane speed of development. Just look at Shenzhen next door from Hong Kong how impressive China is with development, it's the most smart and high tech metropole in the world right now. From Hong Kong you can now take Bullet Trains to Beijing, Shanghai etc. The greater bay area has become a better connected area for businesses to only benefit from this. Hong Kong can become a revitalised global financial centre (again) in the space of digitalised asset future to support BRICS, Crypto, Blockchain, Metaverse, Web3, NFTs etc. Hong Kong and the Hong Kong citizens should unbrain-wash themselves and fully embrace China.
If they want to more away, they may do so❤，why not？If they find England is more like their mother land, why not? There is a very small problem， you don't look like Anglo(红毛．or白鬼) at all which may bother you and your family - worst, your may have to donate money to fight in Ukraine.
It’s more than 100 thousand n still increasing. Never heard of in any city such a great number leaving n yet u said it’s a small number. They are all young n productive. They are the ones making the economy for the country. The ones left behind are the old n unproductive, helpless, so have to stay put in Hk
@@amyg1073 Yawn. Have you seen the statistics? Half of BNOs in the UK are jobless and 25% are in jobs that are below their skills. Most of the ones that moved are low income because the high income people in HK already own properties abroad and can move anytime, no need for BNO. Lastly, those people that left have been replaced by the High Skilled people recruited via the Gov't program. These people need to earn high income and credentials to get into HK. Go look at the numbers, it's pretty big
@@amyg1073 Go look at HK's population. It has actually increased from two years ago. So much for hundreds of thousands of people that left and were never replaced. HK's population was 7.488 million in 2022. Today it's 7.496 million.
There are lots of peaceful people in Hong Kong worship colonisers man made almighty to be subservient to them. Having slave names before their ancestors names. This is dishonouring obstructing their flow of cultural heritage and wisdom. This is a curse for them
Singapore 🇸🇬 or Hong Kong 🇭🇰 ?
Singapore 🇸🇬 ❤ of course 😁
As a Hong Konger, definitely Singapore.
Cut aside all the yellow/blue nationalism political stuff, the biggest problem with HK is the EXTREMELY incompetent government for the past 2 decades, something Hong Kongers regardless of political stance would 100% agree upon.
A city cannot grow when the administration care more about scoring cookie points with Beijing over actual good governance. From unfinished link bridges that were 10-40x overbudget, MTR replacement parts that got quote 10x market price yet still suspiciously approved, to the new Single-Use Plastic Ban that did absolutely nothing but create more garbage. You almost never see that in Singapore because the government officials in Singapore are actually competent scholars who didn't buy their way to a degree in some 3rd rate college unlike majority of the current HK lawmakers.
There's a reason whenever Singapore government initiatives, innovations, projects, etc are mentioned, it's almost always about how great it is and the leap of progress achieved. While whatever HKSAR government introduced on the other hand, will always be about HKers working around the smooth brain laws or initiatives of the low IQ government.
Singapore is not perfect of course, but it's surely in top 1% of countries that are near it. Hong Kong is only surviving thanks to its free port status and tons of tax exemptions that make doing business great, even then they are still losing business quarterly and y-o-y because no one is buying HKSAR government's ping ponging lies and bs.
@@HumanTherapy
Well said 👍👍👍
Hong Kong has too many problems; housing and education are below par when compared with Singapore. What Hong Kong really needs now is more public housing for the people. I agree Hk govt is totally inept and useless and it would be better if Hong Kong is directly under the CCP. With the central government taking control of Hong Kong, I am sure the first thing they would do is simply to build more homes for the people ..
HK hands down. Just the boring hot climate in Singapore and no mountains and real beaches would drive me nuts. Singapore is also too small and crowded and owning a car is very prohibitive. Singapore Press and media is also heavily censored
Hong Kong is full of country parks,mountains, free camping sites,beaches etc
It's great for escaping the crowded city
How do i define home. Home is where I was born, the place I live, the place I work, the place i raise my family. Home for me will forever be Singapore. I am a patriot and I love my country Singapore. There is no place on Earth like Singapore. I am forever grateful that I was born in Singapore. And I witnessed the rise of Singapore from slum to First World.
Totally agree 1000%. My grandparents and parents and their children (including me) live through the slum times to being a First World country. I know how Singapore was during this transition period. Back then life was simple and people were contented and happy. Singapore is my home forever!
Me too, I witnessed students from Chung Cheng High School running along Tg Katong with the Riots Police chasing after them. Before I was teenager, I also witnessed racial riot at Geylang Serai. I have used a hole in ground to a flushing toilet in a HDB. Now thats was my slum to the First World.
The success and prosperity of Singapore has nothing to do with luck. It’s all the sheer hard work of an effective and capable government that has made Singapore to what it is today. But we’re lucky to have LKY and PAP
Singapore is not lucky. Singapore is build-ed through the sacrifices and resilience of our pioneer generations of Singaporeans.
hear hear!
*built
😂 remove LKY and the country goes to hell like many neighbouring countries. Yes Singapore is lucky. Don't pretend like your pioneers work harder than people from Bangladesh labouring to build your BTO.
Sorry to break it to you but Singapore is indeed lucky to have LKY, the true leader that BUILD-ed Singapore.
@@bminton3291 OP said sacrifices and hard work of the pioneer generations of sg. that includes LKY and his generation. they did hard labour too to build sg into what we are today. and it is our duty to continue the success of our forefathers in the appropriate manner too. we can still easily run sg to hell like many countries around us if we don’t do things properly. a country can easily go bad in 1 generation. LKY has passed on but sg is still doing fine. so please don’t disregard the efforts of the current govt and ppl as a whole. it takes 2 hands to clap. we are very blessed to have good governance and had a bunch of leaders who saw the need and stepped up and ppl who respect the govt enuf to work tgt harmoniously. i won’t call it lucky. it is not easy too.
I dislike it when other people say Singapore is very lucky. It's not luck. It's strategic planning given what you have. Sure we have a great geographical position in terms of trade and natural disasters, but if you do nothing with this advantage, it is also wasted. In fact, so many other countries have so much more natural resources that those are the ones I will say it's lucky. If you use "luck" to describes Singapore's rise, it really really discounts the hard work and toil that our previous generations went through, and the all the young people who are working hard now to make their lives even better.
I do think that his ill choice of the word “lucky” is down to his lack of the English vocabulary…but it does provide a trigger for feedback from viewers, myself included. 😅
Unsure why every time I listen to these rich foreigners' praises on Singapore make me think they are hypocrites.Their mindset of "so lucky" is ignoring/discounting the hard work and scarifies of previous generations who build Singapore. It is no different from anyone call someone is so lucky for winning a sport competition but they ignore that someone has trained and work hard for it as well.
I agree with you. Hard work, unity and strategic planning took us where we are. Many foreigners only think SG is "lucky" because we are located in a strategic maritime route. And we will be DOOM if the Thais build "Kra land bridge", or "one belt one road" cutting us off. For those who wants to know. Maritime shipping is only contributing 7% to our GDP. Maritime is just passive income for SG. We had long moved up the value chain since the 80's.
Another standard comment that i buay tahan is when foreigners commented. SG so small, one bomb all die. Lol. For goodness sake, u think we dont know that you know? For those who needs to know SG have many military bases in other countries. Dont disturb the hornet nest. Dont say no tell. Lol. For fun. Nice weekend everyone! 😅
Singapore is best not only for Chinese but also indians like me. ❤❤❤❤ Friendly people, humble humans.
Also for the Malays.
All races welcome !
Not for Indians with the caste mentality.
Welcome🌹
Thank you!
SINGAPORE NOT ONLY LUCKY, SINGAPORE TAKE ACTION PLUS TEAM WORK TOGETHER WITH SOCIETY. 💪💪👊👊👍👍🇸🇬
As a fellow Gen X, I find myself agreeing to Peter's views. Having lived in so many different places, I find him very open, astute and honest. His mindset is very different from that of what I have of a man from China, even if he's highly educated, has a good job, travelled the world and lived in many different countries in different parts of the world.
He's so sharp, grounded, realistic and humble 👍
I think his willingness and openness to immerse himself into our society doesn't make him feel being stereotyped. Actually I think he speaks English like a local, just minus the Singlish. I feel that a lot of Chinese from China, when they migrate here, they refuse to learn to speak English, even just simple words. I've neighbours who are like that, even after 10 years.
We're a multiracial society so we're also not speaking in perfect English all the time, hence partly why Singlish exists😅
I especially like what he said at the end about the meaning of life - achievement and supporting others and in return, giving and rewarding back to the society, the basic principle of human life.👍
He didn't say Singapore is very lucky. He said others said Singapore is very lucky. Because he knows and appreciates our super efficient government. And I agree with him. Though it's so very hot and humid here, I cannot complain because we are very lucky we don't have natural disasters like earthquakes, hurricanes, tsunamis etc, here. Yes, we're indeed lucky🙏
But the safety, stability, equality, freedom and prosperity that we enjoy is not through luck. Our forefathers, pioneers and our government led especially by our dear Mr Lee Kuan Yew laid the foundation for our country, our government and our people. I'm always very thankful and grateful to our government especially during and after the COVID pandemic. 🙏
As like most Singaporeans, we already know how hard our government works but especially during the pandemic, it really showed how difficult it was, and still is, for us, a small country without any natural resources, to survive and why our government made and will still make, certain, though very painful but absolutely necessary, decisions for our survival.
And when our current PM Mr Lawrence Wong, then the Minister for National Development who fronted key announcements as co-chair of the multi-ministry task force during the COVID pandemic, broke down in Parliament while paying tribute to everybody especially the 'unsung heroes' like the invisible ordinary Singaporeans, I cried too because it was really a very difficult time for everybody, what more for a government who had a weight of 5.7 million lives dependent on them. I couldn't and still can't imagine that immense pressure. It made me even more appreciative of our people and our government. And especially after I watched news of how other countries coped with the pandemic. So I'm forever thankful and grateful 🙏
Majulah Singapura!
@fungmeiho2976 I agree with you. I want to be honest here. Though I'm a Singaporean and my grandparents are from China, I have a very bad impression of Chinese. Peter actually changed my views / stereotype of people from China. It was kind of because of my "hate" for them that I decided to watch this video when it appeared on my feed as I was pretty curious how Chinese in Singapore felt about us. When I first heard him speak, I was like ya lar, typical Chinese speaking English and I was quite shocked about the part when he mentioned that he doesn't really feel that we stereotype Chinese Nationals, as I'm obviously guilty of that, but I think you are right, he is really very open and willing to immerse himself into our society, probably that's why he does not feel stereotyped. Honestly, if I know him, I would not mind being friends with him as well, he seemed like a really humble guy. Of course, I'm not saying all Chinese Nationals are bad lah, I have also seen good ones like him. Just that probably they form a minority, that is why I have a bad impression of them. To me, majority of Chinese are like really loud and they are quite full of themselves but Peter feels different. He is humble and down to Earth. I'm not too sure if it was because he lived in many parts of the world before, so he has a more comprehensive view of the world. But honestly, if every Chinese national is like him, I wouldn't mind welcoming them into our society. And I think what he said actually inspired me, I'm kind of lost in life right now. What he said about life got me thinking.
And yes, as a Singaporean, I'm very proud of Singapore's government, Always efficient and usually handled things well. It all started with our dear LKY, though he was hated for being cold-hearted in the past, I feel that it was this character of him that we have a corrupt free government although recently got some corruption 😅 But overall, I still think Singapore's government has really done a really great job in shaping into how we are today. Really grateful.
@02june80 所以您想说什么呢？
@joannesoh9442 Yes. I also have very bad impressions of the Chinese.
I've been rebutting those online who call us '坡县' and why we look like Chinese but we can't speak Chinese and why our MRT stations are in '讨厌的' English.
Maybe those residing around me behave in their typical way- loud and very fixed in their ways and thinking.
Of course, I've met very different ones too. But just too few of them.
As for our government and our dear Mr Lee Kuan Yew, I'm forever thankful and grateful 🙏
Of course, there are always areas where we can do better.
I've just watched Max's interview with Dr Brian James Tracey. Very enlightening👍
This is a Chinese national I would warmly welcome in Singapore, his world view is more international, he speaks English, he appreciates Singapore for what it is…. In short, he doesn’t fit the stereotype of a PRC. He seems happy and willing to integrate, rather than harp on China and Singapore being “compatriots”, which frankly puts Singaporeans off. Singaporeans are not racist, but we dislike PRCs who seem to think we are affiliated to them in some way and should show some allegiance. This guy, on the other hand, is not like that. He thinks more like a Singaporean. Good interview choice, Max.
Totally Agreed
"Singapreans are not racist." If you are an ethnic Chinese Singaporean, how can you be racist to another ethnic Chinese from the mainland China? By the way, have you seen the way the Singaporean CEO of TikTok was treated during the US congressional hearing?
A ‘PRC’ will only be noticed if they meets the stereotype of ‘PRC’. This stereotype exists because it’s not normal but not because most of the PRC act this way. Those people would be ‘outstanding’ even if they were in China. Assuming that 1 of 1000 in China’s 1.4b population has some problems, there would be 1.4m people.
I’m a ‘PRC’ but would not stand out from a crowd of Singaporeans because I act like an average person.
@@tuppenceworth5485 Sinophobic would be more like it
@@tuppenceworth5485 , Yeah! You are right. 打到美帝国主义!
I do not think " lucky" is the correct word to use. Singapore as a nation has built a reputation of being fair and safe through our competent government & transparent system. We do not benefit from others' misfortune, but rather the people who chose to come here have made their own calculations and judgments.
Singapore is lucky to have Singapore founding father and his team. They laid a strong foundation for Singapore to strive.
Very cleverlah. Without Malaysian waters Singapore will drink urine every day😊
Exactly…no way was and is Singapore “lucky”. Singapore - much thanks to the leadership of the late visionary Mr Lee Kuan Yew - went from a fishing village-type island to this bustling thriving economy without any natural resources (except human) to fall back on. This is not luck…it’s hard graft and people the world over can see that. And kudos to the government, there is no resting on their laurels. The financial and social (and more) stability is what draws people to the island state.
Over the years, the multi-cultural characteristic of Singaporeans have evolved into this national identifiable trait of warm friendliness (from the taxi driver to the vendor in the wet market to your neighbour) that is hard to beat. Yes, there’s still work to be done…and the government is working on it, from my experience of witnessing the positive changes that continue to be wrought.
When I growing up in Singapore, I experienced using an outhouse, a hole in ground to a truck with 24 doors and finally a throne. Singapore is "Lucky" because of one man.
@@christine8203 Singapore was not a fishing village island when LKY took over. It was a middle-income country (by UN/World Bank definitions) and the world's fifth-biggest port by the mid-fifties....
HK and Singapore are 2 very different cities and you cannot compare them directly. Singapore is just lucky to have PM LKY and his pioneer team. There are problems that Singapore face everyday that HK will never have. HK think about making money everyday. Singapore think about survival everyday. Very nice interview from a very positive gentleman.
SG is “lucky” in a sense that we had an “Asian parent like” leader in LKY. If we had the freedom mindset to everything we would be a typical South East Asian country + crime and drugs. Humans need laws and religions to know their boundaries.
We always welcome guys like him who can evolve in Singapore and find harmony. Be it with Chinese or any other nation, if you share the same with us, this is a place for you.
I think lucky is not the right word. It was intentional strategizing. I remember back in those days where Singapore's economy was fragile. Anw I am happy for this guy here.
I fell in love with Singapore long time ago,Singapore is greater country i ever known.❤❤❤
Thank you :)
Hello from Bucharest, Romania- a huge underrated city in Europe:)
I like his honestly n truthful view n comments. This is good citizen/ foreigner. He gets along with locals n not fight with locals as I have had experience with some bad/naughty ones. Singapore welcome u n family!!! Wishing u n family good health n enjoy your stay. 🌹🌹🌹❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏
Singapore is not only better than Hong Kong for Chinese, she’s better than whole world for everyone!
Very chill and likeable guy. As for the debate in the comments about whether SG is LUCKY or not, well let's see put it this way ... We are indeed LUCKY that fate decreed that Koh Teong Koo save LKY from the Sook Ching Massacre. Otherwise, without the absolute brilliance of LKY, the real Ironman, AND his stalwarts, we would likely have succumbed to the fact that we had NOTHING but the people for resources. In fact to quote LKY's own words from his memoirs, "Well I was lucky. I was lucky. Those who went on that lorry were taken to the beach and shot. Would have been me." LKY felt he was so lucky he said it TWICE. 😂
My late grandfather had the same luck, he was directed to go on the other lorry (by the Japanese officer) while his friend was shoved on the opposite one and later machine gunned down at Changi beach. My mother wouldn't have been born later in 1951, and so I might be living another life now :) I share Peter's sentiment about giving back to society, a theme that was echoed by most of Max's guests, because none of us made it through life without "luck", be it the luck of others' goodwill, kindness, or plain serendipity. Those who think meritocracy truly reflects their success through only personal ability should reexamine their beliefs about themselves.
After reading all the comments, I think a lot of people are misunderstanding the words lucky the guests mean, he didn't say Singapore success was due to lucky, he said Singapore was lucky to nearby places people to be a safe heaven to hide from when they are in trouble such as HK riots Indonesia anti Chinese riots to come to. That's was the "lucky" he really means.
Singapore is not just lucky it is a good country and a rare one too .
Thank you :)
@@joannesoh9442 🙏
Singapore. I have lived in HK for 3 years, it was a terrible place for health and work culture. I am alot happier back in Singapore, I am a Singaporean anyway.
We are lucky enough to have Mr Lee K Y❤❤❤
I think what he means is that Singaporean are lucky as our government did a good job from day one from our pioneer........
These 30 years overall society are stable .....
In that sense, we are lucky 😊
Thank you to our government and community for cointuine to improved and maintain the stability of our society 👏 👍 🙏
points to take away for shorts: 1 Europeans are also very hard working, they put in their time in the right places. 2 Rich Chinese 1% of PRC Chinese is 14 million people. Add in another 2% of comfortable upper middle class, it is 42 million people, more than the 3 very rich Benelux countries Netherlands, Belgium, Luxemburg. 3 Yes, we are lucky and yes, we made our own luck.
Singapore success was achieved by hard work of the people mostly, but there is little luck part which is Lee Kuan Yew as Singapore leader. Without the combination of hard working humble people and leader like LKY, I dont think Singapore would be as great as now.
PS: how much I wish my country had leader as wise and brave like LKY, and people like Singapore.
"Lucky" should not be a word to describe our City. We labour to where we are and do not have to listen to any dogs.
Nice interview, quite refreshing 💪👍
Singapore is successful is bcoz of foresight & a proper planning in all aspects of life. Sheer hardwork is wasteful without great vision & gd foresight.
I'd personally love to learn more about the perspective of people who have moved to HK. So far, the channel has only aired the Singapore =good, Hong Kong = bad perspective. I'm sure people on YT would also be interested to learn about people who have moved to HK and really enjoy it.
Hong Kong has a great countryside with acres of mountains and forests as far as the eye can see. There are secluded beaches as well. Plenty of nice villages.
I guess only people from places like n.korea and communist china moving to live in Hong Kong will find themselves "happier" than living in their original country. Else, it would be suicide for people from other developed countries to migrate to Hong Kong at this present moment.
Got 2 poly friends who shifted to SG as 2nd gen, served their NS and have decent careers in SG. However when 2 honkies meet up each other, the Cantonese vulgarities just come out their mouths like a typical HK taxi driver 😅
My nephew is working in HK now and he is very happy 😊
@@busybee5156 - - There are lots of people who do not give a damn what's going on around them, what's happening to ordinary people around them so long as those unpleasant things did not befall on themselves. That's why we can see there are still so many people chose to visist communist china despite the barbaric and tyranny behavior of the govt. So long as these tourists have not come across any unpleasant things while in there, they would not give a damn how bad the place is, they just want to enjoy the scenery. Till such time when they encounter some unpleasant experiences with the authorities there, then they would start to kpkb when they return. So, your nephew is lucky so far, till one day when he's unreasonably harassed by the law enforcers while on the streets, his perspective will be different. As the chinese says go "... when the needle hasn't prick on your flesh, you won't feel the pain..
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i worked for a hong kong company before ...they highly encouraged me to pack my lunch back and eat in front of my computer and work as i eat .
didnt like that
Refreshing video 👍❤
On the contrary, these people should consider themselves lucky to be able to move to Singapore when there were facing unrest in their own country.
There is no unrest in China, go see China for yourself....I live on and off in China so I know.
@@JenHope118I believe you 😂
I like his humbleness!!! 👍👍👍👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏
It’s readiness and preparedness levels in Singapore that is very high. And that will appear as “very lucky” when things/opportunities happen.
I like Singapore when I was there last year but HK weather is great, there is always something for everyone anywhere in the world. Great interview and a wise gentleman that u interviewed, may he know his creator and when he seek Him with all his heart , he will find Him.
Since we own our own houses I think typhoons r scary!
@@maocat6606 , We have tornadoes in Ok but God had always kept us safe.
@@judymckee5992 glad u r safe but our houses cost a lot so just the thought of the roof blowing away is super scary!
atleast HK has winter season. SG only summer throughout the year that is terrible for me. i like winter.
He is right to say that foreigners run to Singapore whenever they face problems in their countries. Eg in the initial covid days, there were PRC coming to SG to get top level free medical service (it was foc initially) and yet demand and threaten when they couldn't get their ways (heard from frontline medical staff).
Lucky ?? Countries with oils are deemed lucky. We have come to this state through resilience & hardship..
Like as people came from China has immigrated to Canada the most is in Vancouver.
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Watched vid for 16 mins - this dude is v clever and a reasonable man too. I like how he speaks English, I like how non-insular he is. Happy to have him call Singapore home.
i visited hk before 97 , my hk friend brought me to visit the human cage bed in those very old buildings. i believe they are still around right ?
nope they have been banned for years; but there are subdivided flats, so to speak.
@@nemesispang oh ok
Money is to serve the purpose of your life” Great words.
Not true. I live and worked in HK for 2 decades and people ordered afternoon tea 下午茶 to the office in HK too. And there’s team lunch too.
And the food is awesome in HK❤
Singapore is like a Chinese summer home. I go there I feel the chinese. Its kinda like a china town with extra indian and malay influences very nice place Singaporians should be very proud.
Oh, did you know thar our national language is Malay. Mosques, Temples and Churches are next to each other. We also lives work and shit together. Majulah Singapore.
Very very sorry, Hong Kong is not a country but part of China. Singapore is a independent country as international known.
Just a matter of time CCP will take over Singapore like Hong Kong from the way things progress...😅 To CCP, everything in this planet, the sun and moon belong to them.
@@keesiangleo940you can keep dreaming for something that never happened.
@@shadowj3311it's already happening dear, every time I come to Singapore, the number of China people I see is staggering 😮. In a generation or two, all will be from china!😂 The locals will be replaced by china people😅
Question? Now SG is peaceful, what if SG one day become chaos and threaten by foreign power will you all expats, especially Hongkonger, will you be still here or just disappear to somewhere else? All expats do not have the same WILL like Singaporean for self-determined. All "Expats" leaving locally will always has the DNA to move to greener and safer place as this is your reason you are here in SG now. You are lucky and not Singaporean as we and our children has to stay back in time of trouble to defense this little red dot.
however, singapore always had great leaders trying to make friends with all nebors. singapore does not have western style democracy that encourages leaders like zelensky,biden, trump only popularity matters. so minimal risk of into chaos
Peter seems like a great person with a positive outlook in life, he is also very international and I would say he is quite different from a typical Chinese person from China.
SG is better than HK for (Mainland) Chinese because in SG, the dominant tongue for Singaporean Chinese is Mandarin (outside of English), vs. Cantonese in in HK.
But the HK one is the early immigrated to Canada mostly is in Vancouver and Toronto is the most Chinese Canadian came from HK.
Good listening to the viewpoints of a person who has been living in other countries and compare to Singapore. However, I tend to disagree with his point about losing of personal items in a public space. It is not we S'poreans are being complacent especially when in Europe, but the facts are that Europe streets are relatively full of pickpockets . My relatives and myself are victims of these pickpockets in London, Prague, Paris. Even when in cities which you think safe like Vienna, I've warned to be very careful of my personal items when strolling there. We wore simply and no expensive items , but yet we are victimes.
Even talking about luck snd lucky. YOU STILL NEED TO PUSH AND WORK HARD TO WHERE YOU WANT.AND THAT IS WHAT OUR PIONEERS OUR GOV AND PEOPLES BEEN DOING. WE ARE NOT BIG BUT SMALL COUNTRY. NOT EVEN A BIG COUNTRY WHERE HER OR HIS GOV WORK THIS HARD LIKE SINGAPORE GOV N PEOPLE. THAT'S LUCK N LUCKY. THINK TWICE AGAIN
Now is NEW HK, Fully Mainlandized 💯
With China new security law in hk. It is safer to travel there but not now, I have issues communicating with the Hong-Kongers. I hope China makes it compulsory for the new or younger generation Hong-Kongers to learn and communicate in Mandarin and English for business.
Thatsnot reall true,though. HK is still very different from the mainland in many ways.
@@choonhockong8215Most educated people in HK can communicate in Mandarin,there's no need to make it "compulsory "
Interview a HKer who has moved from HK to Sg!
When I was in Hong Kong wanting to buy wall posters, the shop owner scolded me for looking at the posters one by one.
Singapore Rice Noodle with the Chinese sausage is my favorite Chinese food. The type of rice noodles you use for this Singapore Noodles recipe is very important! ... Chinese Sausage/traditional sweet Lop Cheung)
There's no such thing as Singapore noodles in Singapore..
I have never heard of that dish
@@Aurica34 it’s in fast food Chinese restaurants in the USA. Many of the Chinese Americans that work there are Cantonese. The only thing I don’t like about Singapore Rice Noodle is it’s very oily. American Chinese fast food is not exactly healthy. There are new inventions added to the menu like cream cheese wontons. If it’s near a black area they sell a lot of deep fried chicken wings.
@@stephenwatson672 again. There's no such dish in Singapore
Your Singapore Rice Noodle or 新洲炒米粉 is not a Singapore dish. It is a dish made from a Hong Kong chef and you can never find this noodle in Singapore. At home, we will cook a similar dish with rice noodle and similar ingredients except we will not put curry powder or curry paste to it. Only Hong Kong people love to put curry powder & curry paste to their rice noodles
Build advantages (SG) vs Take advantages (HK)
Good man.
LKY ! Singapore ❤️ 🇸🇬 ❤️ 🇸🇬 ❤️ 👍 👍 👌 😋 👏 😎 😀 👍 👌 😋 👏 😎 common sense. International language: English. And Mandarin. 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 Human capital and inclusiveness.
As a foreigner who can blend into local culture, likes local hawker's food, he will definitely have many singaporean friends.
Hong Kong is more vibrant for sure. A lot of places to explore
eg ?
@@___Danny___ real mountains and beaches, malls are way better, just to give you some examples.
@@JL_hahaha0303 we have bt timah , southern ridge , beaches around the island and offshore islands as well. anything else ?
@@___Danny___ lol not the same, simply incomparable and don’t even get me started on the mountains part 🤪
@@JL_hahaha0303 Stop hiding behind lol, does hk got legal red light district ? legal casino ?
singapore is heaven country for people who like to listen and no question or argue with government and absoutely obessed of being clean and obeying laws and of course live a safe and healthy life😁😁😁😁
Singapore is not lucky, it is an idea built by the hardwork of LKY, IMMIGRANTS, and PIONEER Singaporeans just like America
It’s not that SGreans think any particular place is unsafe, just that it’s another internal “radar”that needs to switch on when going abroad in terms of safety, which can kill the buzz. It doesn’t help when it’s constantly reported on the news and from friends. 😅
Lucky? Tikam, tikam. Not a gambling den. We thank Creator, God moves in way we cannot see. Been kicked out of Malaysia n all nations around us said we will die n not survive.
I think he meant we are lucky to be born Singaporeans. Yes the previous generations of Singaporeans work hard to get us to where we are today, with efficient governance. From the third party perspective, they will think 'how lucky you guys are to be born in SG'. The younger generations are lucky that we are born with such stability, efficiency and prosperity around us. It is now our perogative that we never let down our guards. This country is small, it can collapse easily.
Hong-Kong more stressful then singapore. Hk Many Houses small, very old n building are also very close to one another. 😅
Not unless you live in a village,such as in Sai Kung,the New Territories,or the Outlying Islands. There's a choice between rural and urban in Hong Kong.
It is our b cos we have good solid people in gov that in sincere of built up country and her people. And her people and pioneers works hard ...and not base on luck. We are small. We work hard we honor our total loyalty to our nation
HI. I must tell you this. We singapore singaporean is not lucky. Please lnow our history and dig more. THEN you know. SINGAPORE singaporean where we are what we are how we come about. Not about luck lucky. It is our pioneers our peoples that built it up where we are.
Nice share!
At least, you won't get assaulted for speaking Mandarin in Singapore, but rather asked to speak English for those who can't understand Mandarin(ie: ethnic Malays and ethnic Indian or English educated ethnic Chinese).
My family from USA and Europe (UK, Germany). I am looking forward to going to all these Asian countries. I heard China, India, USA, Indonesia, Japan, Mexico, Russia, Brasil, Germany, UK are predicted to be the world's most richest countries (in order by wealth) by 2050. Many other countries are also expected to be good Egyot, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, Poland, Malaysia, Vietnam, and Nigeria.
I am member of USA democratic party. So I never go to Russia or North Korea or any communist co6ntry. Democracy, American style capitalism all around the world.
We don't believe in luck. We earned it. Our guide is the "National Pledge". Do you know and understand?
Of course not. Singapore is more suitable for Chinese with western upbringing. Hong Kong is morr suitable for Chinese with Chinese upbringing.
Two parallel universes
All thanks for to our forefathers who built Singapore.
Singapore can be considered to be "lucky" when it got "decoupled" from Malaysia!
The resilient pioneer generations of leaders and citizens of Singapore ( of all races, the stayers, not the quitters) then put in the sacrifices and hard work required to create the prosperous Singapore of today.
Many older generation pioneers had sacrificed their best years doing National Service to keep Singapore secure and safe for it's economic development.
Singapore's success also attracted many "fair weather foreigners" coming into Singapore now, calling it their "home" though hardly contributing anything to build it or taking roots to becomes citizens.
They will likely flutter away as soon as things sours up.
They do not have any special skills or knowledge that Singaporeans do not possessed.
The harder you work the luckier you will get. I work for a Singapore company for 28 years, first time back to Si g two weeks ago, and spoke to many of my friends, and the common theme is rich Chinese from CHINA are taking over by buying up real estates which locals cannot compete. I hope SING govt can keeps this under control otherwise eventually SING WILL BECOME CCP China.
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Very unlucky for Hong Kong and Taiwan, that they accept gangster into their society same like Japan
not sure if it's 'accepted' or more like enforced... accepted means there's a choice
For China ‘s Chinese ? For Chinese National ? For Ethnic chinese ? For ethnic han chinese ?
Singapore is very very fortunate to have L K Y !. No L K Y ! NO world class 1st world Singapore today. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤Singapore 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍 👍. Many nations envy Singapore success story.
Of course, Singapore wins.
singapore has better basic housing conditions. hong kong has better luxury housing. hong kong has no national service liabilities, singapore do. hong kong has no death penalty, singapore has it. hong kong has better views. both places are very safe, no racism, high medical efficiency. singapore is cleaner. singaporeans are less brainwashed than hong kong by western media.
Singapore is in SE asia so is tropical with greens, so it has better aesthetics than HK.
My hkg frenz said hkg pple like to talk abt $$$$ whereas sporeans don’t talk as much $$$ . Hkg can’t cycling around Singapore is possible.
What you know about Singapore?
Lucky is not the word to describe Singapore!
How much hardwork and sacrifices our pioneer generation made for what we are today!
So wake up your ideas 😮
Calm down lah
I consider Singapore is ‘lucky’ because we had a great team of founding ministers led by our greatest leader Mr Lee Kuan Yew. After that I don’t consider lucky no more. Under their leadership and pure hardwork and sacrifice of our forefathers the pioneer generation help build our country Singapore and lay the foundation for generation to follow.
Very subjective question if you ask random people. But in terms of future Hong Kong can become great if the HK Govn can crackdown real estate. If you have traveled and lived in China for a while and regularly you will see the insane speed of development. Just look at Shenzhen next door from Hong Kong how impressive China is with development, it's the most smart and high tech metropole in the world right now. From Hong Kong you can now take Bullet Trains to Beijing, Shanghai etc. The greater bay area has become a better connected area for businesses to only benefit from this. Hong Kong can become a revitalised global financial centre (again) in the space of digitalised asset future to support BRICS, Crypto, Blockchain, Metaverse, Web3, NFTs etc. Hong Kong and the Hong Kong citizens should unbrain-wash themselves and fully embrace China.
U are crazy to be brain washed by communist.
@@amyg1073And you're ignorant for being easily brainwashed by the West
In agreement with you. China’s development, in my opinion, has been truly amazing this last decade or two. They will go from strength to strength…
In 2023, China's population is 1.41b.
He said "Maybe only 1% can afford." That 1% is about 14 million. LOL!
1:45 why does bro look like he didnt slept for months
Good video but the amount of shorts you pump out is annoying
Hong Kong has nice mountains and scenery
Luck has never plays 1 part in our nation and people. This person know too little of us. I dun know if he is even ours.
Singapur. Is. Part. Of. India. Good. .capital. Of. India. At. Now. Also. With. Assame. From. WTO
HongKong is for rich people
100,000 out of 7.5 million population moving to Canada and UK is not exactly an exodus
If they want to more away, they may do so❤，why not？If they find England is more like their mother land, why not?
There is a very small problem， you don't look like
Anglo(红毛．or白鬼) at all which may bother you and your family - worst, your may have to donate money to fight in Ukraine.
It’s more than 100 thousand n still increasing. Never heard of in any city such a great number leaving n yet u said it’s a small number. They are all young n productive. They are the ones making the economy for the country. The ones left behind are the old n unproductive, helpless, so have to stay put in Hk
@@amyg1073 Yawn. Have you seen the statistics? Half of BNOs in the UK are jobless and 25% are in jobs that are below their skills. Most of the ones that moved are low income because the high income people in HK already own properties abroad and can move anytime, no need for BNO. Lastly, those people that left have been replaced by the High Skilled people recruited via the Gov't program. These people need to earn high income and credentials to get into HK. Go look at the numbers, it's pretty big
@@amyg1073 Go look at HK's population. It has actually increased from two years ago. So much for hundreds of thousands of people that left and were never replaced. HK's population was 7.488 million in 2022. Today it's 7.496 million.
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100000 out i7 millions, that is peanuts.
There are lots of peaceful people in Hong Kong worship colonisers man made almighty to be subservient to them. Having slave names before their ancestors names. This is dishonouring obstructing their flow of cultural heritage and wisdom. This is a curse for them
Singapore.
China so great.... Pls go back . Donr come & get a share of shades that our forefathers planted!!!
Hey dude i wanna work for you as editor, how can i reach out to you
🇨🇳 Hong Kong or Singapore 🇸🇬 better Singapore
Hong Kong is best place in the world