Celebrity-Beloved Historic Hong Kong Restaurants Shut, Now Only Old Movies Bring back Memories

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  • Опубліковано 3 лип 2024
  • The closure of a long-established store in Hong Kong has surprisingly stirred a vast number of netizens. This store, the Malaysian Chinese Restaurant located in Jordan, was founded in 1969 and is particularly famous for its Hainanese chicken rice. More importantly, it has been a filming location for several Hong Kong movies, such as "Throw Down" starring Aaron Kwok and Tony Leung Ka-Fai, and "Happy Birthday" starring Louis Koo and Rene Liu. In recent years, many old stores that carry the memories of numerous Hong Kong dramas have shut down.
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  • @zzdlover2005zz
    @zzdlover2005zz 4 місяці тому +293

    HK used to be a great place for vacation. Ever since China took over, HK is spiraling down and its charm keeps deteriorating.

    • @mah7961
      @mah7961 4 місяці тому +44

      Think about it the previous owners held it for a156 years. To build it to a power house. The current owners managed to wreck it in less than 30.

    • @lookoutforchris
      @lookoutforchris 4 місяці тому +1

      @@mah7961everything communists touch goes to shit

    • @DrAhzek
      @DrAhzek 4 місяці тому +1

      ​@@mah7961 And yet, people in the west still think that "communism" is the way to go, it just wasn't implemented the right way xD

    • @iashakezula
      @iashakezula 4 місяці тому +25

      CCP

    • @Osssssssssssssh
      @Osssssssssssssh 4 місяці тому +45

      I love HK but after China took over, I was concerning my safety you know CCP they prosecute you for any reasons. I don't want to take the risk. I miss HK.

  • @tonyhaynes9080
    @tonyhaynes9080 4 місяці тому +91

    I feel so sorry for the people of Hong Kong. I was based at Sek Kong 83-86, and loved every minute of it. I was part of the Hong Kong Flying Dragons Skydiving Display Team, which brought me in contact with people who I normally wouldn’t have known. I was hoping when the UK had to give the colony back to China, that things would stay normal. But obviously the Chinese government doesn’t realise how proud and hard working they are.

    • @ItsMrAssholeToYou
      @ItsMrAssholeToYou 4 місяці тому

      They didn't have to give it back, at least not legally. The lease was perpetually renewable at the UK's option. They chose to not renew in an act of cowardice.

    • @_PatrickO
      @_PatrickO 4 місяці тому

      Hong kong was scuttled because it is too open. The chinese government wants control of what people see and hear.

    • @rimiko86
      @rimiko86 4 місяці тому +2

      tbh it nothing changed... ppl are free, tax are free, who gives a fk about politics? HK still the same HK, just destroyed few years ago by locals HK

    • @_PatrickO
      @_PatrickO 4 місяці тому

      @@rimiko86 lol. Anyone with means left which leaves everyone else to be assimilated into CCP induced poverty. Only CCP members get to be rich.

    • @jonlee2217
      @jonlee2217 4 місяці тому

      @@rimiko86 People are free, except all the people who protested for political freedom, they're all locked up. You're just a mouthy little pink.

  • @yokeshin1153
    @yokeshin1153 4 місяці тому +129

    what is the point of redevelopment when you cannot lease out your new property because it will be too expensive for the businesses?

    • @jirajira2872
      @jirajira2872 4 місяці тому

      it's about corruption. you need a project to corrupt. if the ccp care about a development they would leave it alone

    • @peteryeung111
      @peteryeung111 4 місяці тому

      It’s the communist model to shut down the model class.

    • @_PatrickO
      @_PatrickO 4 місяці тому

      China is forcing buildings to be taken down and redeveloped so they can keep the construction scams going. All the new buildings will be shoddy and unsafe. The construction scams were the main income source of the CCP. Without these scams, they have to take money directly from bank accounts and that makes it obvious so the CCP wants the construction scams back.

    • @uptoolate2793
      @uptoolate2793 4 місяці тому +3

      This is done in kalifornia too.

    • @xHomu
      @xHomu 4 місяці тому +1

      As long as the government can resold the land and collect various redevelopment fees.

  • @dlwk1988
    @dlwk1988 4 місяці тому +81

    i always regarded the Hong kong nostalgia as one of the biggest attraction for Hong Kong. Take it away and it just seems so....lacking..

    • @cathychats
      @cathychats 4 місяці тому

      They need God, Jesus, the Holy Spirit... get rid of demonic dragons.. superstitiousness..read the binle.. that's why. Pray for China and Asia

    • @SabahPhilippines
      @SabahPhilippines 4 місяці тому +2

      VERY GOOD NEWS more HONG KONG RESTAURANTS are OPENING UP IN TROPICAL PARADISE 7640 ISLANDS PHILIPPINES - HONG KONGER LEAVING IN DROVES SINCE IT IS NOW RUN BY COMMUNIST CHINESE. HONG KONG OWNERS CAN GET Philippine Retiree (SRRV) Visa Very very easy and can Open Restaurant cheaper Rent too and you live in a FREEDOM DEMOCRATIC COUNTRY .!!!

  • @mikealvas
    @mikealvas 4 місяці тому +11

    Grew up in Hong Kong, went to Sha tin Junior International School and left in end 1997 after the handover. Most of the great restaurants left for Taiwan then too. The roast goose & fishball noodles is now in Sanchong now.
    Never forgotten what a friend of mine said back then. Once the British hand over HK back to China, its over. Why would China work to make HK prosperous when they have ShenZhen? ShenZhen was created to compete with HK.
    Edit: By the way, the pronunciation of Cantonese words really made me laugh

  • @douglasanderson153
    @douglasanderson153 4 місяці тому +97

    The greatest shame for Hong Kong was the handover in 1997. 20 years later, the CCP brought harm and poverty as well as ruthless control to Hong Kong.

  • @darkevilazn
    @darkevilazn 4 місяці тому +59

    Yeah, Hong Kong lost a lot of it's old charms. Now, just like every other modern city, it looks bland and boring, with equally boring architecture. The mainland washing of Hong Kong pretty killed a lot of it's cultural heritage, and what made it distinct. I'm not saying moving with the times is a bad thing, but if it comes at the cost of what makes it unique, and you just have buildings that basically look like every other city in China, it doesn't feel special anymore.
    90's Hong Kong was peak Hong Kong culture IMO, and it steadily got worse from there (especially the cinema, it sucks now).

    • @apophisstr6719
      @apophisstr6719 4 місяці тому

      The biggest mistake ever made by China, is making Hong Kong just another city of China.

    • @JathraDH
      @JathraDH 4 місяці тому +2

      I visited Hong Kong in 2000 and it was pretty neat, but that was shortly after china took it back. I imagine I got the tail end of its greatness. A lot can change in 23 years.

    • @katherinelok7689
      @katherinelok7689 4 місяці тому

      This is what china wants. To destroy culture and traditions

    • @jwychau
      @jwychau 4 місяці тому +5

      It's actually not like every other modern city... Korea, Singapore rose from the ashes and Japan has always been #1 destination for travellers around the world.. consistently.... and that's just Asia.. Hong Kongers whine but don't innovate or set up special heritage districts to preserve their culture ... this is a criticism out of love.. it's sad my daughter won't see the Hong Kong I got to grow up in.. but it's not always China.. All the tutoring and children'not having a proper childhood did not produce children that innovate or have the fight of its previous generation... it's getting absorbed by China and it deserves it... if this was America some young entrepreneur would have recreated and repackaged those wontons as hand chopped and sold at Wholefoods for 5 times the price

    • @JathraDH
      @JathraDH 4 місяці тому

      @@jwychau Thanks for the insight!

  • @michaeldwyer9656
    @michaeldwyer9656 4 місяці тому +112

    The joke is on Landlords. By demanding twice the rent, they will now receive nothing. Who is going to rent after redevelopment? When these landlords fail, they should be encouraged to wear sandwich boards (signs) proclaiming their repentance.

    • @SabahPhilippines
      @SabahPhilippines 4 місяці тому +3

      VERY GOOD NEWS more HONG KONG RESTAURANTS are OPENING UP IN TROPICAL PARADISE 7640 ISLANDS PHILIPPINES - HONG KONGER LEAVING IN DROVES SINCE IT IS NOW RUN BY COMMUNIST CHINESE. HONG KONG OWNERS CAN GET Philippine Retiree (SRRV) Visa Very very easy and can Open Restaurant cheaper Rent too and you live in a FREEDOM DEMOCRATIC COUNTRY .!!!

    • @Psychopatz
      @Psychopatz 4 місяці тому +4

      ​@@SabahPhilippineshow is that even a good news? Now more native business will get close..
      I hate these too much gratification for foreign business. No wonder our nations history gets erased and turns in a fkn Kpops 🙄

    • @Albion80s
      @Albion80s 4 місяці тому +3

      The result of unfettered Western capitalism.

    • @thadesserl
      @thadesserl 4 місяці тому

      ⁠​⁠@@Albion80si like how the “unfettered western capitalism” happened after china took over hong kong. You know, after the very capitalist like lockdown. :D

    • @joshlidowdie24
      @joshlidowdie24 4 місяці тому

      ​@@SabahPhilippines😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣🤣👌

  • @HKGGweilo
    @HKGGweilo 4 місяці тому +46

    An insight into the CCPs management of Hong Kong.

  • @MithunOnTheNet
    @MithunOnTheNet 4 місяці тому +52

    Visited HK in 2012 and 2013. It's sad what was once of the most thriving cities in Asia! Well done CCP 👏

  • @kha58
    @kha58 4 місяці тому +20

    Thanks for the memories Hong Kong. 😢

  • @williammore558
    @williammore558 4 місяці тому +11

    Just prior to the handover in 1997, I was engaged in conversation with a senior local banker and he told me "you know they will make a mess of the place!" I was shocked because surely that's the last thing they wanted. He continued "the euphoria will disappear once people realise the changes that will come but it may take a decade. The CCP won't allow HK the kind of freedom currently enjoyed to flourish. The issue is potential impact across the border." Crumbs, how right he was 😢 He's retired and left HK for greener pastures elsewhere.

    • @JLKB-1947
      @JLKB-1947 4 місяці тому

      @williammore... 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

    • @kleec495
      @kleec495 3 місяці тому

      No need to look back to 1997, even in 2016 HK was still a great place. The downward spiral only happened in the last 8 years.

  • @bugtesties
    @bugtesties 4 місяці тому +26

    It sucks that if the ccp would have stuck the original treaty Hong Kong would have had 50 more years but they took over and destroyed such an amazing city where East met west

    • @mipmipmipmipmip
      @mipmipmipmipmip 4 місяці тому +8

      it's not that they care about HK as a city, they just want to make sure any independent force is shut down

    • @peters4999
      @peters4999 4 місяці тому

      now HK is just another shitty ccp city

    • @jonlee2217
      @jonlee2217 4 місяці тому +1

      They did stick to the original treaty which was a lease of the New Territories for 99 years beginning in 1898 at the end of the 2nd Opium War. Hong Kong Island and the tip of the Kowloon peninsula were ceded in perpetuity to the British Crown after the 1st Opium War, but the decision was taken long ago to cede the whole colony back to China in 1997 as the Chine has made it clear they'd just take Kowloon and the Island if they weren't handed back. Your statement about "50 more years" is just fantasy.

  • @benibluefoe
    @benibluefoe 4 місяці тому +6

    HK was a fabulous place to visit. Again and again, I went to HK and enjoyed every trip. After the ccp took over, the wonderful HK began to disappear. My last visit, post covid, was a shock. The HK I adored, was pretty much gone. Sadly, no more physical trips to HK, only memory trips.

  • @louis1443
    @louis1443 4 місяці тому +61

    Hong Kong 🇭🇰 should be independent

  • @tekkneakz
    @tekkneakz 4 місяці тому +10

    Hong Kong culture & media had a huge role in my house growing up. I'm glad I've gotten the chance to experience it in person a few times in my life before this tragic moment 🥲

  • @SonjaBlackall-qb1nb
    @SonjaBlackall-qb1nb 4 місяці тому +14

    And Beijing thinks they have done such a magnificent job on Hong Kong that they should play there "" indisputable "" genius on Taiwan 😮😮😊

    • @SabahPhilippines
      @SabahPhilippines 4 місяці тому +2

      VERY GOOD NEWS more HONG KONG RESTAURANTS are OPENING UP IN TROPICAL PARADISE 7640 ISLANDS PHILIPPINES - HONG KONGER LEAVING IN DROVES SINCE IT IS NOW RUN BY COMMUNIST CHINESE. HONG KONG OWNERS CAN GET Philippine Retiree (SRRV) Visa Very very easy and can Open Restaurant cheaper Rent too and you live in a FREEDOM DEMOCRATIC COUNTRY .!!!

  • @26betsam
    @26betsam 4 місяці тому +37

    Old Shanghi was razed so it could be built "modern ".Metal, plactic and glass, lacking any character or link to the past.
    This is what will happen to Hong Kong. Used to be one of my favorite cities in the world to visit, not any more.

    • @suexec
      @suexec 4 місяці тому +2

      I have yet to visit Shanghai as I feel it's just like any other modern city. The only thing I can think of worth visiting is the Bund.

    • @kleec495
      @kleec495 3 місяці тому

      @@suexec Shanghai is still a very cool place to visit. True it has been modernized in speedy pace, but it doesn't really loss its old charm. In fact, nowadays people are more civilized compared to say 20 years ago.

  • @nicholasfooong.
    @nicholasfooong. 4 місяці тому +41

    -Chinese 🇨🇳 property sector, which accounts for 30% of GDP, is crashing.
    -Exports and imports, accounting for 37% GDP, are down.
    -Foreign investment is falling over 90% compared to it's peak in 2018.
    -Foreign visitors are down 96% compared to the pre-pandemic level in 2019.
    -Consumer prices are experiencing deflation.
    -Youth unemployment hits over 21%, a record.
    -It's fast shrinking workforce is 10 years old than neighboring countries.
    *Still, China keeps reporting outrageous GDP numbers.* Lol

    • @user-bl9fj7kf1s
      @user-bl9fj7kf1s 4 місяці тому +9

      The Great Dragon Emperor himself pulled out the GDP growth figure out of his backside 😐

    • @patrickt49
      @patrickt49 4 місяці тому

      Most people with half a brain don't believe them anyway. They're the laughing stock of the world and they believe in "face"? What a joke!.

    • @alejandrotorresriquelme8714
      @alejandrotorresriquelme8714 4 місяці тому +4

      Check what the soviet union reported when was fighting whit the old US

    • @junicohen7918
      @junicohen7918 4 місяці тому +1

      Leftists always lie

    • @SabahPhilippines
      @SabahPhilippines 4 місяці тому

      VERY GOOD NEWS more HONG KONG RESTAURANTS are OPENING UP IN TROPICAL PARADISE 7640 ISLANDS PHILIPPINES - HONG KONGER LEAVING IN DROVES SINCE IT IS NOW RUN BY COMMUNIST CHINESE. HONG KONG OWNERS CAN GET Philippine Retiree (SRRV) Visa Very very easy and can Open Restaurant cheaper Rent too and you live in a FREEDOM DEMOCRATIC COUNTRY .!!! BYE BYE FREEDOM HONG KONG HELLO COMMUNIST PRISON HONG KONG

  • @Sierra-208
    @Sierra-208 4 місяці тому +29

    My parents are from Hong Kong as are a good number of my immediate and extended family, what would they say if they learned this is what has become of their birthplace?

    • @BillionairesArentYourFriends
      @BillionairesArentYourFriends 4 місяці тому +1

      I'd tell them still, but lightly. The truth hurts, so I see why it's subjective to inform them. Does it really do anything if they know?

    • @SabahPhilippines
      @SabahPhilippines 4 місяці тому +1

      VERY GOOD NEWS more HONG KONG RESTAURANTS are OPENING UP IN TROPICAL PARADISE 7640 ISLANDS PHILIPPINES - HONG KONGER LEAVING IN DROVES SINCE IT IS NOW RUN BY COMMUNIST CHINESE. HONG KONG OWNERS CAN GET Philippine Retiree (SRRV) Visa Very very easy and can Open Restaurant cheaper Rent too and you live in a FREEDOM DEMOCRATIC COUNTRY .!!!

    • @Damndrrtyapes
      @Damndrrtyapes 4 місяці тому +1

      Same situation with me, my parents and extended family are from there. With time places like Hong Kong will change, and people like my relatives get older.

  • @Ichi.Capeta
    @Ichi.Capeta 4 місяці тому +8

    Went in 2009. Didn't have time to go to some of the recommeded places or try the food we wanted. What I saw in 2019 2020 to HK it is extremely heart breaking. My heart sank in further when I saw restaurants and stall like this are disappearing.

  • @al28854
    @al28854 4 місяці тому +27

    so nice to see Mr. Chow Yun- Fat for a brief moment, one of the very few Hong Kong actor legends who refused to sell out to the CCP propaganda machine.

    • @HKim0072
      @HKim0072 4 місяці тому +6

      Yeap, because the dude doesn’t care about wealth.

    • @dieterhrabak4947
      @dieterhrabak4947 4 місяці тому

      So the rumours are in fact reality? Many HK actor legends had been succumbed to being CCP's propagandists?

  • @bernardakoito
    @bernardakoito 4 місяці тому +10

    Imagine after eating in those restaurants for 20 years and now you'll go back to your spouse's cooking😅

  • @ion_q
    @ion_q 4 місяці тому +6

    My childhood dream to visit the vibrant Hong Kong has been forever shattered! 😭

    • @SabahPhilippines
      @SabahPhilippines 4 місяці тому +1

      VERY GOOD NEWS more HONG KONG RESTAURANTS are OPENING UP IN TROPICAL PARADISE 7640 ISLANDS PHILIPPINES - HONG KONGER LEAVING IN DROVES SINCE IT IS NOW RUN BY COMMUNIST CHINESE. HONG KONG OWNERS CAN GET Philippine Retiree (SRRV) Visa Very very easy and can Open Restaurant cheaper Rent too and you live in a FREEDOM DEMOCRATIC COUNTRY .!!!

  • @veritas3179
    @veritas3179 4 місяці тому +23

    You can thank xi.

  • @mikeharrington5593
    @mikeharrington5593 4 місяці тому +5

    Mao-Xi's Covid restrictions also led to the bankruptcy of the HK iconic landmark "Aberdeen Floating Restaurant" (aka Jumbo Kingdom enferprises) after ~45 years of operation.

  • @xiaoguan1143
    @xiaoguan1143 4 місяці тому +22

    HK...RIP

  • @tranngocminh269
    @tranngocminh269 4 місяці тому +4

    Saigon before 1975 and Hong Kong before 1997 are the two places I could never be but I always have a special love for them. They are the beauty of "when the West meets the East" The East that we all adore with all the shines and flaws, not the one invaded and polluted by the communists. My hope to visit Hong Kong (after 1997) to look for the shade of her past now is gone. Goodbye forever Saigon! Goodbye forever Hong Kong!! Prince McDull is my favorite movie besides all the Wong Ka Wai's cinema!

  • @shadowfilm7980
    @shadowfilm7980 4 місяці тому +21

    Hong Kong is my favorite Asian city. I have lived there. Also in China, etc. Hong Kong is so vibrant. Such energy. I hope it can last. That China doesn’t fully ruin it.

    • @zelgie3013
      @zelgie3013 4 місяці тому

      Too late. China ruined it

    • @PunditKING
      @PunditKING 4 місяці тому +6

      😢Not anymore I'm guessing from what's shown

    • @TheBigBananaaa
      @TheBigBananaaa 4 місяці тому

      Unfortunately the Chinese 🇨🇳 communists have no idea how to operate a international city to attract foreigners and their money 💰

    • @sleepykrono6859
      @sleepykrono6859 4 місяці тому +3

      @@SabahPhilippinesnice, they maybe chinese, but they are hongkong breeds so they pass, those with traditions and culture are to be respected and welcome.

    • @genehunsinger3981
      @genehunsinger3981 4 місяці тому +3

      WAS vibrant,,,,lol

  • @jimmylam9846
    @jimmylam9846 4 місяці тому +3

    People in HK were flocking up north for the weekend holiday where food and accommodation are 60+ % cheaper !

    • @SabahPhilippines
      @SabahPhilippines 4 місяці тому

      VERY GOOD NEWS more HONG KONG RESTAURANTS are OPENING UP IN TROPICAL PARADISE 7640 ISLANDS PHILIPPINES - HONG KONGER LEAVING IN DROVES SINCE IT IS NOW RUN BY COMMUNIST CHINESE. HONG KONG OWNERS CAN GET Philippine Retiree (SRRV) Visa Very very easy and can Open Restaurant cheaper Rent too and you live in a FREEDOM DEMOCRATIC COUNTRY .!!! BYE BYE FREEDOM HONG KONG HELLO COMMUNIST PRISON HONG KONG

  • @gh-dw3tg
    @gh-dw3tg 4 місяці тому +9

    And the grip tightens.

  • @ShinkiroZero
    @ShinkiroZero 4 місяці тому +5

    that's what happens when the prospect of Hong Kong is so bad that even locals choose to shut down their business with others leaving the city. A couple of major western world countries do offer lifeboat for Hong Kong people to immigrant with the government further cracking down on the freedom of speech/press with the establishment of Article 23. The local government should really take a good look at themselves for how the managed to put Hong Kong into this predicament. The City have simply lost its charm.

  • @capricorn839
    @capricorn839 4 місяці тому +3

    I used to visit Hong Kong in the early 90s. My favorite place to visit and dine. Now everything is destroyed by ............whom you should know. Feel sad for the residents

  • @mipmipmipmipmip
    @mipmipmipmipmip 4 місяці тому +5

    No need to keep historical sites if they don't remind of Xi's greatness. Won't take long before the movies filmed there will be outlawed as well, why watch any movie that isn't a biopic of Xi.

  • @DragonNo1
    @DragonNo1 4 місяці тому +4

    I'm sadden by these news. I love HK.

  • @peters4999
    @peters4999 4 місяці тому +3

    a cautionary tale for Taiwan to protect its sovereignty

  • @ion_q
    @ion_q 4 місяці тому +3

    I will never get to experience the Hong Kong I was presented in the Rush Hour films! Oooh Noooo!!! 😢😰

  • @HowDareUbuddy
    @HowDareUbuddy 4 місяці тому +5

    Hey China, the rainy season is just down the road...

  • @dead_or_alive2649
    @dead_or_alive2649 4 місяці тому +14

    So many of these stories make references to “increased” or”high” rents. Yet, I’m sure the owners are aware of the economic situation for these entrepreneurs. Yes I understand how greedy some people can get but with all the empty stalls/stores one might think that some rent would be better than zero. What am I missing? Thank you in advance

    • @digitalcommunist6335
      @digitalcommunist6335 4 місяці тому

      Zones being marked for redevelopment at the same time business and people are leaving ever since CCP cracked democracy protests. Than Covid hit on top off all. Once CCP thugs revealed true face under Xi it is only normal that everybody that can is leaving. And those that stay have to try to recuperate loses. Its a self defeating viscous cycle.
      But thats how it goes when you go full dictator and start threatening countries that built you up US,EU,Canada,Japan,Korea etc…

  • @Ramy-ql3tr
    @Ramy-ql3tr 4 місяці тому +2

    Given a choice HK would prefer UK over XhitCP.

  • @bizidoc
    @bizidoc 4 місяці тому +2

    As a Filipino with Chinese blood, visiting HK was my way of connecting to China... visited (toured) HK 3 times at least. Loved HK, especially the food.

  • @lr1255
    @lr1255 4 місяці тому +3

    Landlords are so greedy that push a lot of small businesses keep closing down and continuing closing! So sad😢

    • @JLKB-1947
      @JLKB-1947 4 місяці тому

      @lr1255. 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 🙏

  • @wl6020
    @wl6020 4 місяці тому +4

    One day, most restaurants will be franchise chains, and everything else is high end, expensive food, because thats the only way restaurants can survive. Gone are the days of cheap hole in the walls that taste good and has its history.

  • @mariotaz
    @mariotaz 4 місяці тому +2

    Entire world is fucked. Landlords and Rent is ridiculous across the world right now

  • @stormtrooper2170
    @stormtrooper2170 4 місяці тому +3

    Sad..so sad. Hongkong, a name everyone n every tourist knows. Now a thing of the past. My brother-in-law n sister-in-law are hongkong people n I use to go there.😐😐

  • @arisaga822
    @arisaga822 4 місяці тому +2

    My family got out of HK in ‘89 - even then we saw the decline.

  • @bigtombowski
    @bigtombowski 4 місяці тому +3

    First place i went in asia
    HK
    Had honeymoon: HK
    So sad that it's dead to me now

  • @youknownothing3766
    @youknownothing3766 4 місяці тому +6

    The golden age in HK was the 80s and 90s. It was inspiring to be there during that time. RIP HK, my recent trip in 2024 cemented this feeling. I'm not in a hurry to revisit every 2 years like in the past.

    • @user-qk4zt4gk5q
      @user-qk4zt4gk5q 4 місяці тому

      Ha ha why RIP. Been there 2x during 90's and it's so enjoying😀

    • @hoyinwong
      @hoyinwong 4 місяці тому

      You are so right about that. The music, films, TV shows all reflected that golden age period of 1980s-1990s. If only the selfish British government had spent that same period of time developing and installing into the law true democracy, with everyone voting for an elected governor and legislature, that would PERHAPS have helped the situation. On the other hand, the CCP never keeps its promises and lies continuously, so perhaps it would have ended up like this anyway, no matter what. Let this be the ultimate warning to Taiwan. The PRC and CCP are corrupt, lying, murderous thugs. Do not ever trust them in any way, ever.

    • @hoyinwong
      @hoyinwong 4 місяці тому

      "Under The Lion Rock".

    • @hoyinwong
      @hoyinwong 4 місяці тому

      The only thing that will soon remain is "Collective Memory". Everyone should watch the film "Rouge", with Anita Mui and Leslie Cheung.

  • @user-sw7os5rp9h
    @user-sw7os5rp9h 4 місяці тому +4

    Real Estate devleopers China Evergrande and Country Garden have a total of $500 BILLION in debt alone. By the 4th quarter of this year, Country Garden will most likely be forced into bankruptcy like Evergrande.
    Construction workers in the real estate business make about 12% of the work force. Think of all the uneployment in China now in the construction industry. With so much oversupply, and no reason to build for the forseeable future and no reason to buy new propoerty, China will continue to shrink for the next decade. Look at all the Ghost Towns with some 30 million of unsold homes.
    We can see multiple years of deflation in China. It is that bad.

  • @elcastorgrande
    @elcastorgrande 4 місяці тому +3

    Some HK restaurants have moved to NYC.

    • @Kwan4132
      @Kwan4132 4 місяці тому +1

      Which ones?

  • @BBBZ123
    @BBBZ123 4 місяці тому

    I was in HK recently. I still really like it. People move in and people move out all the time. It's not tragic. The main cause is the integration of Mainland. During the process, businesses have to adjust to adapt to the new environment. People do adapt and I'm sure HK will survive and be stronger in the long run. Add oil!

  • @blinklost
    @blinklost 4 місяці тому +8

    HK no more !

  • @madcoda
    @madcoda 4 місяці тому

    HK resident here, born and raised. These shops close not directly because of the politics, but because of the business is bad here, rapid inflating cost (labor and rent), the strong USD, and the re-opening China border. The price difference across the border is just too high when you can buy similar products/services with less than half the price in China, and countries like Japan is absolutely cheap now. Ultimately you can say it's because of the China-US decoupling, and foreign capital fleeing HK, it's a tragic situation, HK need to find another way. Or China need to have 180 change on HK policy, which I don't think will happen under current leadership.

  • @mipmipmipmipmip
    @mipmipmipmipmip 4 місяці тому +6

    Instead of these traditional HK chefs they can now employ sewer oil food stall cooks from the mainland

  • @gambaridup
    @gambaridup 4 місяці тому +2

    Hongkongers could try their luck by pursuing new opportunities by going to US through the Southern border - while it is still opened.

    • @jonlee2217
      @jonlee2217 4 місяці тому

      Why would they do that when they can just get a tourist visa for the USA and fly right in? You do know that the vast majority of illegal immigration to the USA works like that, right?

  • @leadsin99er
    @leadsin99er 4 місяці тому +1

    Hongkong cinema definitely helped it's Tourism as it was very influential in Asia during the 80's to early 90's.

  • @midimusicforever
    @midimusicforever 4 місяці тому +4

    Another OOF. How to even keep count of them?!

  • @carlosvalerochavez3045
    @carlosvalerochavez3045 4 місяці тому +8

    I have a question, how's Macau ?
    Same as Hong Kong or worse ?

    • @thisislilraskal
      @thisislilraskal 4 місяці тому +2

      Good question

    • @shadowcouncil911
      @shadowcouncil911 4 місяці тому +4

      Macau is much worse.. because its already treated as a mainland chinese city by now. Hong Kong is still barely holding on thanks to the strength of its people (by playing it smart)

    • @Damndrrtyapes
      @Damndrrtyapes 4 місяці тому

      My girlfriend (HKG resident, in investment sector) says Macau is doing good as they are dependent on gambling. Hong Kong is dependent on stock market so not so much.

  • @Bicloptic
    @Bicloptic 4 місяці тому +2

    So sad.

  • @nefertitib4313
    @nefertitib4313 4 місяці тому +4

    How sad…

  • @pirrex2266
    @pirrex2266 4 місяці тому +1

    Hkg is always in my heart! God bless

  • @peterforsythe3643
    @peterforsythe3643 4 місяці тому +2

    I live in Hong Kong (since 1976). The comments here and the main post above don’t give a fair picture of Hong Kong today. It remains one of the safest and most vibrant cities on the earth .
    The closure of some restaurants doesn’t change that. Some just want to retire (which is what I did myself in 2007)

  • @wanderingvagabond1634
    @wanderingvagabond1634 4 місяці тому +3

    The destroyed something unique to create something so common place.

  • @pm7128
    @pm7128 4 місяці тому +2

    It's China's lost. These owners will open their restaurants in other countries.

  • @lorteti
    @lorteti 4 місяці тому +2

    HK prime time is over, it's only going down from here, sad.

  • @keangwooichoo6138
    @keangwooichoo6138 4 місяці тому

    I am malaysian. So proud of such legacy

  • @douglasrandall6737
    @douglasrandall6737 4 місяці тому

    The US needs more people to work and support older people.

  • @kakarott5243
    @kakarott5243 4 місяці тому +4

    Mmm... The last phrase of words sound interesting.... The worst form disaster wasn't that nature itself but that of man-made called ignorance...

    • @hoyinwong
      @hoyinwong 4 місяці тому

      There was a zoo years ago that had a sign at one of their exhibits, that said "here is the most dangerous animal in the world". When you looked inside, there was nothing but a mirror.

  • @krellin
    @krellin 4 місяці тому +2

    i consider myself lucky to have seen hong kong at its prime, before china and china vrus screwed it up

    • @ansonilam1234
      @ansonilam1234 4 місяці тому

      i was a child when HKs at its prime 🥲

  • @genehunsinger3981
    @genehunsinger3981 4 місяці тому

    Next weeks double feature movie is "Get Outta Dodge" followed by "I've Been Shanghaied".

  • @enduser8410
    @enduser8410 4 місяці тому +1

    Forgive me if I am uninformed, but these businesses stay for decades and still did not bother to buy out the properties they were in? They rented that WHOLE TIME?

    • @bigtombowski
      @bigtombowski 4 місяці тому

      A HK thing

    • @neilcalonia2882
      @neilcalonia2882 4 місяці тому +3

      Buying property doesn't mean owning them in china.😢

    • @enduser8410
      @enduser8410 4 місяці тому

      @@neilcalonia2882 But HK was under the British. Did they have to adopt hukou after the handover?

    • @heribertosarmiento1265
      @heribertosarmiento1265 4 місяці тому

      @@enduser8410yes that was the plan all along. 1 China two systems until Pooh became leader then it was one China for Pooh

  • @Mellowyellow8888
    @Mellowyellow8888 4 місяці тому +1

    part of the issue also is these guys running these resteraunts are also close to retirement.. no one wants to work long hours and no make money when close to retirement age..

  • @NoahGooder
    @NoahGooder 4 місяці тому +3

    now this i can understand because here in the states we have also lost many old restaurants due to time, landlord screwyness, and the results of the cough. Losing your favorite restaurant sometimes feel like you lost a close friend or pet, it hurts deeply because of all the time spent and memories gained.

    • @mipmipmipmipmip
      @mipmipmipmipmip 4 місяці тому

      It isn't covid that signed their death note. It's the CCP. Covid just accelerated the process

  • @t3rr411
    @t3rr411 4 місяці тому +2

    Promoting dark foods while destroying the classic non adulterated food. Good going ccp

  • @jemandjemand2362
    @jemandjemand2362 4 місяці тому +4

    sooo.... fake food is on the loose?

  • @gammabell33
    @gammabell33 4 місяці тому +1

    What is the print on the shirts at 15:02 saying?

  • @jaywu7078
    @jaywu7078 4 місяці тому +1

    now 2 dish rice is more economical value , and eatery is taken over by Chinese cuisine , slowly HK will lose his original favor , eatery u see now owned by corporation, and those private stall Is hardly survive

  • @TheTeaParty320
    @TheTeaParty320 3 місяці тому

    I will visit Singapore from now on.

  • @kendalson7100
    @kendalson7100 4 місяці тому

    Nostalgia does no one any good. Progress keeps moving forward. Look to the future.

  • @freeman10000
    @freeman10000 4 місяці тому +1

    I spent a lot of time in Hong Kong in the 2000-2010's. So sad what has happened to that vibrant city. It will just become another bland, authoritarian, Communist Chinese city.

  • @SabahPhilippines
    @SabahPhilippines 4 місяці тому +1

    VERY GOOD NEWS more HONG KONG RESTAURANTS are OPENING UP IN TROPICAL PARADISE 7640 ISLANDS PHILIPPINES - HONG KONGER CHEF OWNER LEAVING IN DROVES SINCE IT IS NOW RUN BY COMMUNIST CHINESE. HONG KONG OWNERS CAN GET Philippine Retiree (SRRV) Visa Very very easy and can Open Restaurant.!!!

  • @vinniekrieg5441
    @vinniekrieg5441 4 місяці тому

    I'm so sadden to see the city of my birth being so brutally modernized to the point that the charm and all the things that made Hong Kong a great, unique world city turn into nothing but more boring malls and condos.

  • @Bitlox
    @Bitlox 4 місяці тому

    I miss the old HK tea/dim sum place next to the LKF Hotel.

  • @johnlow544
    @johnlow544 3 місяці тому

    Neon lights forbidden by Buildings Dept; Cha Chaan Tengs disappeared by Food and Hygiene Dept; Traditional shop-houses usurped by the URA; Let us keep HKSAR - SPECIAL

  • @teoteous
    @teoteous 4 місяці тому

    I should have gone to Hong Kong when I had the chance more than a decade ago....

  • @nadanalia3000
    @nadanalia3000 4 місяці тому +1

    😢

  • @user-qs8zj1kt9g
    @user-qs8zj1kt9g 4 місяці тому +1

    Protestors destroyed the city economy. A strong economy was the only way to keep Hk autonomous. Now all those students emigrate away leaving all those we can’t to live in the mess they left behind. Kind of just shows you how much they actually cared.

  • @anotheryoutubechannel4809
    @anotheryoutubechannel4809 4 місяці тому +1

    We are entering a new dark age. Never saw it coming but here we are.

    • @junicohen7918
      @junicohen7918 4 місяці тому

      Everyone but democrats saw it coming way back when free trade happen

  • @user-bl9fj7kf1s
    @user-bl9fj7kf1s 4 місяці тому +1

    Why are all these businesses shutting down since China GDP grew at 5.2%? 🤔

    • @mipmipmipmipmip
      @mipmipmipmipmip 4 місяці тому +3

      China just builds another ghost town and GDP goes up!

  • @eiooops
    @eiooops 4 місяці тому

    Hong kong was always my first choice for short getaways..

  • @brunojm7282
    @brunojm7282 4 місяці тому +2

    The effects of the policies of the great glorious righteous supreme leader Xi Jinping, the Dragon had crashed

  • @tymw3637
    @tymw3637 4 місяці тому +2

    So sad for HK.

  • @uvveshlurvvesh6515
    @uvveshlurvvesh6515 4 місяці тому

    A bakery called "Chow yun-fat" but the baker is actually slim 😂

    • @qwmx
      @qwmx 4 місяці тому

      "Fat" can mean "fortune" in Cantonese. I get your joke, but unfortunately this is a case where due to linguistic rules, you might as well be forcing it.

  • @JLKB-1947
    @JLKB-1947 4 місяці тому

    I found the Kowloon side is different than the HongKong island side . I left that place by end of 1969 and visited there only twice in the late 80's and before 1997. Found it getting from poor to rich to wealthy and now getting the other way around . A recycle of economy ? Seems HK got beat up by Shang Jin , the nearby city in the mainland China . 😲

  • @mdee8784
    @mdee8784 4 місяці тому

    Now I know why Australia got so many Chinese

  • @shadowfilm7980
    @shadowfilm7980 4 місяці тому +1

    Greedy landlords. Greed! They are so stupid. No loyalty. Then what happens when they have to sit on their now more expensive place to rent because no one wants to rent it! Or can rent it!

  • @user-lc8yc4cq5n
    @user-lc8yc4cq5n 4 місяці тому +1

    香港→漢
    And I still can't stand that simplified Chinese characters.
    Hope Canton can hold on to their heritage and culture.

    • @qwmx
      @qwmx 4 місяці тому

      The Canton province is overrun by nothern chinese culture.

  • @bayernvoeller
    @bayernvoeller 4 місяці тому

    ' Hong Kong is suffering gun violence , homeless addicts , burglary at Apple stores '

  • @renatofvcarvalho9988
    @renatofvcarvalho9988 4 місяці тому +2

    Hong Kong been an annoyance for the communist party leaders for years and years, people always pointing at this wonderful city compared to mainland, years and years of rage accumulated, now the city is in their hands.
    Its sad, I hope I'm wrong, but knowing how a communist thinks about cultural values and about avenging your ideals, they won't let Hong Kong just be another mainland city and be in peace.

  • @BubuH-cq6km
    @BubuH-cq6km 4 місяці тому +1

    😪Glad I was able to experience places like this and HK before the Protests ,Security Act and Fauci Flu The HK I Knew and Fell in Love With is Now Dead 😭😭Buddha Is Very Angry