How "Dead" is Hong Kong? Malls Deserted, No Longer Shopping Paradises
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Haha you’re delusional…
Fake news
Taiwan, take heed. You don't want to end up like Hong Kong.
I'm pretty sure that they already know this.
@@davisutton1 With how many people voted for the Red-friendly parties, I wonder.
@@michaelbizon444probably the lower class they are always salty about the rich i think voting should be unlocked only after a certain age (25) and you must own a house and have a job .
Criminals or immigrants cant vote ever
@@michaelbizon444you are too young to remember what it was like to screw votes and put some makeup on numbers in the Iron Curtain...
...oh, maybe you are Murrican and DO remember...
@ziplokk1453 No the UK sold Hong Kong to the CCP like a slave trader without a shot fired.
It breaks my heart to see what China has done to beautiful vibrant city of Hong Kong.
who cares.. they are non religious.... it is free land that needs to be freed from its misery, you should see the islands after thunderstorms.. baby girls in the world
@@Hectorszenshopedc
The CCP ruined Hong Kong with their petty oppression
Better go worry about the suppression n oppression of 340 million Usans by the communist dems gops n their 1% ruling communist elites
Your life in usa is doomed already
More troublesome is how the usa regime is killing 2.2 billion europeans n its favourite puppets in india uk canada nz japan s.korea philippines n australia
Agree. So sad.
I remember when people said "Hong Kong is an economic powerhouse. The Chinese won't kill the goose that gives it golden eggs." That's when we thought the Chinese government was rational.
Well, depends what level of economics. Financial, yes. But they can just as well export, manufacture, out of Shanghai, Shenzhen, Guangzhou directly. I know, I try to rescue stuff from US customs sometimes before it gets returned auto-html-ish back by DHL, mostly always Guangzhou. Its no ones fault, just more expedient. But it still must have a shipping economy wouldnt it? I see them on a ship app all over the place over there, especially around Singapore.
Chinese Government is rational. It just doesn't actually control anything, corruption is the status quo in China
I had said that 20 years ago, when China takes fully over they will make it a backyard of Shenzhen, Guangzhou and Dongguan.
What you see now is just the beginning of this process.
Politics aside, China doesn't need Hong Kong like it used to in the 1990s. Hong Kong is no longer a golden goose because China has dozens of port cities and multiple major financial exchanges like Shenzhen and Shanghai. Hong Kong is pretty much legacy hardware now.
That said, I strongly disagree that China "did" something to Hong Kong. Rather, I view that Hong Kong struggled to adapt to China outgrowing its need for the city, and still does.
@@canto_v12 Wow. 🤣
Hong Kong was my favorite liberty port when I was stationed with the US Navy out of Japan. We would stop there often chopping in and out of the Persian Gulf back in the 80s. The shopping was incredible and we had the British China Fleet Club where we could buy nearly anything duty free to take back with us. I remember all of the clubs, especially the Bottoms Up club where they filmed the James Bond movie. Sucks that the communists have ruined that gem.
Don't touch her!
You are not the same age!
I remember it too. I was on the Sterret out of Subic Bay, our home port. Jealous.... We would go to Hong Kong a lot. Bought a lot of stuff at the China Fleet Club. Get bars and night life back in the 80's...
Ditto my first time there 1983, wow the memories.
there is no way it would be like that anyway. I dont get what your saying, even 20 yrs later, 2003, it was basically a well run place, probably better. The zoo and tree'd slope or park, all the subways and tunnels and connections to the mainland at Shenzhen (didnt exist earlier), the big Buddha statue and mountain area of (whatever that island is called), new airport and transpo to/from it, Kowloon opera house and waterfront, 6 level library, some of the newer skyscrapers. Some of the really old stuff was either still there, (Queens street street cars)(Chungking Mansions and other multi-use multi-cultural co-ops in Kowloon), or just aint gonna make it that long (they tore down the biggest hugest highest slums)(probably got rid of those 'buddhist temple donate' scammers. They still maintained parks, dd bus systems, really steep roads and elevated expressways to other provinces. About the only vintage tech still indy and grinding away was the hydrofoils to Guanzhou and Pataca-land. (I dont know now since the stupid undersea tunnel(s) and more fill-ins. (well that was to long)
Free Hong Kong.
No more freedom
Will not happen unfortunately.... that's like you saying free your thumb.
Free your brain, free your children.
Don't touch her!
Free frоm what!?
Boy, I bet the people of Hong Kong are happy, now that the communists took over after 99 years of British rule. They are doing such a wonderful job all over China; foreign companies are leaving China, unemployment is sky high, people are losing their life savings and ther homes. They are still in power since they have strict control over the media by the controlling news. At least the mainland Chinese are used to their conditions but I bet those in Hong Kong were in for a rude awakening by the caliber of ineptitude of the communist government.
That's not really about British rule as much as it's about how horrible communism is.
The people of Hong Kong has absolutely no say in their return to China. Many did not want it but were totally powerless in stopping it.
@@edwinholcombe2741 the majority still remained silent
@@edwinholcombe2741 Of course. Very few Hong Kongers were pleased about the CCP takeover.
@@ryanreedgibsonyeah the economy n lifes of Usans europeans s.koreans japanese canadians UKans ukrainians australians n indians are destroyed by the dems gops n 1% communist ruling elites in usa....CCP Community of the 1% ruling usa Communist Patriots....your life n future is fua^ arckk
As a resident of Hong Kong I can confirm this is heavily sensationalized and quite selective with footage being shown. I was in TST literally yesterday and it was jam packed with people. In fact it was so busy I became frustrated and left, and this is the case with many popular shopping areas which are extremely busy, particularly on weekends.
My friends also own 8 restaurants across Hong Kong and while things were undoubtedly tough during covid things have improved dramatically, particularly in recent months. There's still some way to go but things are nowhere near as dire as this video depicts.
I have been suspecting a lot of what's on China Observer is a psyop for the western countries. Would you say what they show in mainline china the same?
Thanks for your honesty. I usually take these videos with a grain of salt..
@@maapaa2010 I do too. Sometimes I find the video footage interesting but for the most part it seems to be quite heavily biased anti-Chinese propaganda. I can't speak for the authenticity of places I haven't been to, but for locations I'm familiar with such as Hong Kong these videos do not accurately reflect the current situation.
The comments here seem to glow.
@guruvee82 😂😂😂😂 glad you're happy !
I’m in HK now, it’s slower than usual for but far from dead
It's relative. HK is doing better than other Chinese cities but if it keeps on being 'slower' it will end up like those cities and that's why it's worrying
I was in HK at the end of January 2024.. It was crowded everywhere though..
@@ZulMarquez some places are crowded but most places feels like when it was at the start of covid. it was mostly empty.
@@ZulMarquez Maybe cos it's the Chinese New Year period, after that it might go back to being dead though i doubt it's as dead as the video make it out to be but still, it's quite sad what HK has become.
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Can someone who lives in Hong Kong now post videos of the areas now? I want to see videos of the slow down instead of constant propaganda, let me see the truth in images instead of the bull. thanks
Communism always ends that way
They control it just to destroy it.
Communism = Satan's favorite government.
Leadership is more important than Communism or Democracy . Look at what creepy Biden has done to the USA .
That is far from the truth. Look at USA, Canada, Britian, Japan, Taiwan etc all are declining. Democracy can only bring wars and conflicts . Nothing better.
Every big government eventually becomes socialist or worse
I lived in Tsim Sha Tsui for 16 years and got out of Hong Kong a few years later. During those years Tsim Sha Tsui was unbelievably busy. One could not walk a block without being stepped on or kicked as well of doing the same to others because it was so crowded. The first week after the take over the place took a nose dive. I saw the writing on the wall. It was one of the wisest decisions I have ever made. My heart breaks for Hong Kong.
I left Hong Kong as a foreigner in 2016. I have many good memories of the place. So much fun. Great nightlife. Etc. Now it’s being changed. For the worse. By China. I knew this would happen eventually. Sadly. They come in and just ruin it. Incorporating their communist ideals. Forcing them on people. Why Taiwan must keep fighting back. Otherwise they will be doomed too.
Now you don't have to be stepped on or kick... Chinese people are rude, though. They don't know how to say excuse themselves when they bump into others. When driving in the US, they think they own the road or they're the only one on the road, lol
@blinklost There is some truth to what you say. Tourists from all nations would complain how rude Hong Kong people are. My only defence for them would be...
A. Not all are rude
B. They don't intend to be rude, what we call rude is normal behavior to them in am overcrowded city with many frustrations to just get through the day. Rude for them is way over the top. Different standards to what is rude.
But here is the scariest part of it. They complain about the rudeness of the Mainlanders.
I still frequent Hong Kong and actually I hole up in East Tsim Sha Tsui, near where you lived. It's crowded again. Don't let the media hype you up about "China," that ish is just overblown BS fuelled by some very vocal fringe activists that are bemoaning their loss of relevance.
People are still complaining and criticising the government every day, just like before.
Don't write it off--if you return you'd be pleasantly surprised. But I suppose as with many controversies, if you look for a specific answer, you will tend to find it. We should all keep an open mind though.
All service economy places go downhill. They printed so much money that everything became so overpriced and less affordable. You can see it in the US and EU too.
Used to love passing through HK. Back in the day buying electronics at Golden Shopping Centre to take back to Philippines, and more recently enroute from NZ to Taiwan. But now we will never set foot in HK again. ... I am sure we are not alone in this decision.
May I ask if this is to do with the National Security
Law imposed by CCP ?
Don't let laws that all other countries have keep you from visiting. This video is hugely misleading, and I say this as someone who still frequents Hong Kong. When I was there in mid-2023, it was already quite lively again. The pandemic restrictions were definitely bad, but the whole "China" thing is definitely overblown.
No its not dude, lol. The city is nowhere near back to its pre-crackdown + pre-pandemic self. HK got a double whammy from those two things... before those, it was easily one of the greatest cities in the world. But now... its a poor shell of what it was. smh, its a real loss for the world.@@canto_v12
@@canto_v12 Then you have not seen Japan, now that's lively, HK you were just seeing dead men walking on the streets, the locals are not shopping or enjoying the scenes, most of them would be just looking at their phones, they are on the streets mostly because they have nothing to do in their very small apartments, even the tourists are of the lowest level in the spending department
@@mightyx that’s normal life anywhere though. Japan is cool but they still have the world’s most unhappy population and suicide rates.
One of the worst things to keep in mind while watching China Observer's videos is they don't even touch on how horrible it is once you step _outside_ of these cities and see the utter squalor that rural China still lives in. While these tofu dreg cities look like a disaster compared to western cities, rural China is still _very_ much a 3rd world country, and that's the video the CCP _really_ doesn't want to be broadcast around the world. They'd much rather have you see these pretty cities even if they're full of empty businesses and homeless. Why do you think people that grew up in rural China keep _trying_ to make a living in cities?
Exactly. But they want us to think they can compare with a US city, ha ha ha! Yes, many US cities have horrible inner zones but the surrounding suburbs (even the ugly ones) are paradise compared to Chinese suburbs 😬
Why not visit China for a few months and see the real China. You will then find that your claims are wrong.
I have taught here for 16 years and have seen how the infrastructure and pollution has vastly improved.
@@teflerchina.2987 Been there done that, no thanks. I wouldn't say anything if I didn't know both places. Sorry, but except for a few cities most of China is 3rd world.
Most of China is not third world at all. The cities are more developed and have better infrastructure and transport than most major cities in the West including my city in the U.K
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Such infrastructure. Much advanced. China is so amazing that people are desperately trying to get _out_ of China and _into_ the US. BTW, how free are you to criticize the CCP in China? I'm free to say mine sucks and I don't trust them more than a 2 legged stool. I also notice _you're_ in the UK. Why is that if China is so amazing? Because everything in China is fake and poorly copied.
Hey !
I grew up in HK in the 80’s. Those were the best years!
TST never looked like that.
Blame the CCP.
80s Hong Kong we miss 😢
You are lucky, I would have loved to live in HK in the 80's
Yes, I was baffled by “looks like the 80s” remark. The 80s and 90s was when HK was most buoyant and exciting!
@@sirrathersplendid4825 I agree, the 80s and 90s were my most memorable and fun times in HK. The vibe the retro neon signs and just how everything was. I just came back from HK 2 weeks ago. Man I couldnt get out of there fast enough, it was crowded with mainlanders and everything was inflated. RIP HK.
you grew up in the 80s lol of course there will be a big chnage
I miss the old Hong Kong, farewell😢
EXCEPT IN THE MULTIVERSE EARTH WHERE THE ORIGINAL HONG KONG HAS NEVER BEEN TOUCHED BY THE CCP
you probably never been there
Yes, it was amazing. 5years there expat with company car drove every where, my ex was a big shot I goofed off/ free flat 34th floor. aberdeen marina club member. I loved the star ferry at kunh he fa choy new years it would stop in mid harbor for 15 minutes just to admire the lights. Fire works were right in front of exs office what a view. Other was a view of horse track. Driving on other side of road..
@@peter-pg5ycWO HOP SHEK is prolly the only place you'd wanna go to in HK right now... Pokkai hum ka chaan?🪦🪦😳🪦🪦
This is heartbreaking..... Hong Kong was one of my favourite places to visit. So safe and beautiful with amazing locals.
I am sure it is still safe. and some beautiful places (basically same landscape).
As a Brit all I can say is Hong Kong people are welcome to come to Britain.
As a New Yorker, I welcome y'all brothers from across the Atlantic.
Moving from one expensive place to live to another?
Not all of the UK is expensive, but I'd avoid London. Even most Brits can afford to live there!..😂@@3Axel1996
@@3Axel1996 New York, London, Paris, and Tokyo... All very expensive places to live in, but truly worth it tho!
@@3Axel1996 Where they can put to use the English they learned under colonial british rule and education and skills to earn potentially 6 figures...? Worth dude.
And they wanted to import this to Taiwan.
Biden wants to import the same to the USA.
SOME taiwanese say : well, welcom and retour to our matherland. --
@@mathieu8083
To the motherland of poverty?????
what happened to hong kong was heartbreaking
Oh, stop it! It is all over the world!
Any sane person already knew Hong Kong was going to be run the same as mainland China. When has a politician ever told the truth, especially CCP ones !!!
Ya, it's heartbreaking all right; to see the beautiful city being ravage and torn apart by US backed demonstrators and extremists.
@@ngiapenhiong7226 poor pooh
@@ixoraroxi little pink
I am sorry to see Hong Kong people lose freedom of speech as people living in China.
There is no loss of freedom of speech in H.K or China. If you do not use slander or libel then you can say whatever you want.
@@teflerchina.2987"There is freedom of speech as long as you don't criticise those in power" lol
@@ferahl
There is freedom of speech to criticise those in power as long as it is constructive criticism and does not contain slander or libellous remarks.
@@teflerchina.2987 Yes! HK is now a commie paradise, thank you so much!!! Will I go there and spend my money? NO! I am not a commie.
@@teflerchina.2987 Good luck on that. People lose their Weibo account just by talking about the reality.
Their horrible service attitude is also a reason why there are no returning tourists..
the rude ones r foreigners
They hate their customers, the ones that give them business; and their rudeness, and arrogance is rewarded with no business.
I've been to Hong Kong many times over the past 50 years and Hong Kong has changed! Sorry for this news 😢
Lot has change in 50 yrs. China has improve their GDP to # 2 in the world from almost the last place.
And such BAD NEWS it is... 😞
Really?
I´ve been to Hong Kong many times since 2009, last time in 2017 and I always wanted to go back again but looking at all the recent videos and comments I feel I should keep Hong Kong in my memories as it was, vibrant, powerful and exciting.
I am afraid I will have to focus on other places in Asia.
@@charlesjohnson9249 Honestly, I just don't see Hong Kong getting any better for anyone anytime soon... All the glitz and glamor of former British Hong Kong from the bygone days of the 70s to the 90s? You can just forget about all that! But, I would STRONGLY suggest that you try going to either Taipei or Ippoh. I heard that in recent years, ALOT of Hong Kongers have been moving over there in order to have a fresh start again. Anything just to get the hell away from the Commies. The quality of life and standard of living is not bad in those two places. Very safe, friendly, and have some of the lowest crime rates in Asia. Hey, at least they have a GREAT nightlife over there. With excellent HK-style food stalls and very lively nightmarkets!
@@OtomoTenzi this is really really sad.
Maybe I will do a combined trip.
I was at a fair in Taipei 2015 + 16 and flew with Cathay via Hong Kong so I could visit them both.
Unfortunately I was so done after the fair days that I did not get to some sightseeing in Taipei.
What areas/places would you recommend for a then 60 y/o guy?
My travel plans for 24 are already set, also one trip in 25 but there is still some money and vacation days left for a second trip in 25.
I miss British Hong Kong
Apparently they knew how to run things better than these guys
wtf english need to stay in ENGLAND
@@HectorszenshopedcStop using English then. Stop appropriating our language
@@Hectorszenshopedc WTF. There have been too many immigrants from China to England. They need to stay in *China* .
@@HectorszenshopedcHong Kong was a success as a British colony/overseas territory. The CCP has broken it.
I prefer to go elsewhere in Asia than HK now.
will never ever visit HK or any part of mainland China again!
With Japan yen dropping like crazy, HK doesn't seem so attractive.
I've been to HK 11 times since it reopened, and while it was a bit empty and serene at first, the city is now PACKED with visitors again.
Everyone in Taiwan needs to see this!
Apples and oranges IMO. Taiwan has an army and they are actually in a position to negotiate with mainland China due to having inherited the former Chinese regime.
pretty sure Taiwan is already aware of the issues
Oh, they know. Trust me.
Taiwan is China, no zionist propaganda channel will change that.
@@Tommykey07
taiwan can be like portuguese macau not
british hong kong - cia/mother uk/son usa dog
1997 was like giving the car keys to a 3-year old
More like a half-senile 90-year old.
I lived in Hong Kong from 2011 until 2021. When the Natl Security Laws came into effect, that changed everything. I was back in HK for a few days in Feb of 2023 for a few days, it felt like the soul of HK was ripped out. I tell people that HK still has all the glitter but the substance of what made HK is missing.
What do you mean. Is it how people behave or the look in their eyes ? Etc
I think he miss the violent protest. @@healthyliving7226
So where are you now ?
I was there in December 2023. We were last there about 10 years ago and I tell it was day and night difference. You could tell the mood was different. People weren't happy. HK will never be the same again.
That's funny, I'm in HK every year and people in HK have never been happy in my experience. It's just way overcrowded and over-competitive.
i was there on new years eve and everyone was happy watching the fireworks. Hong Kong is still the greatest city.
@@gringo77345 it’s a great place for those with wealth. But for a hyper capitalist city with closed borders and a housing shortage, it’s not a good place to survive as the working class.
That said, it has good education and healthcare, and convenient transportation. But too many people live in squalor.
very dead i live here for 10 years now and the time i arrived in 2013 compared to now its not even remotely the same city. Me and my HK wife are leaving end of the spring back to Canada(my home country) if we can ever sell our flat ofcourse
Not that Truedo is much better than Poo Bear but why the heck did you move there to begin with?
Just leave even if you can 't sell the flat.
If you were half serious that flat would have been sold well before now. You had a property in a vibrant, exotic island nation and swapped it for a property in part of a communist monolith. Had did you think that would go well?
And why should Canada take you back?
@@jonathanandrew2909 Because he is from Canada, you donkey.
It's so sad how the life force has drained away from such a vibrant city.
GO VISIT HONG KONG IN ANOTHER MULTIVERSE EARTH, FORGET THIS HONG KONG CCP , GO VISIT ANOTHER MULTIVERSE HONG KONG
I was in Hong Kong just before China took over control. I still remember a young lady crying quietly. Looks like she knew something bad would happen like I did.
SHE should visit anotheR HONG KONG IN ANOTHER MULTIVERSE Earth
Disagree lived there 5 years before handover.. The peoples that stayed told me we can still make cheen with the chinese.. It was sureal.. They sold their souls for cheen.. dont feel sorry for them
i feel like this channel exaggerates everything
When the handover occurred a lot of middle class and wealthy HKers made sure to get British or American passports(dual citizenship). I’m sure once scammer cooty demic ended, they all got out of dodge.
Hong Kong is dead mainly because of China's economic slowdown. Mainlanders are no longer buying luxury goods. The weak financial markets make it less desirable for new company listings. Given the current economic trend, the mainlanders are no longer buying the over priced tiny HK apartments. Without these 3 pillars, there is not much left to support the HK economy. The reality is that for decades, HK has been overly relying on mainland China to support its economic prosperity. Without the constant cash injection from mainland China in the form of shopping and investments, what's left for Hong Kong? Not much... and unfortunately, this situation has little to do with how China governs HK
so funny you still call china mainlanders , then hk is seasidelanders ? ,already one country
"Don't touch her" seems a worthy follow up to "Let's go Brandon".
They're both infantile.
Trump ❤️🇺🇸2024
I’ve visited HK about a dozen times, last time about 2 months ago. The city is as hectic and busy as ever (and super clean), so saying the city is dead is confusing to me.
That's what I'm thinking. There are other videos made just in the past few days about how busy HK is. These videos seem to be contradicting one another. I'm going to visit HK in April.
Can a government cause a failing economy, investors expect to make a profit, not lose money, investors will invest where a profit can be made, but not in a failing economy at the whim of any government unstable and suddenly changing and chaotic rules. Causing Fear in the population is antithetical to Business Profits.
Yes governments can cause economies to fail through policies and regulations
Well, the CCP is putting police on the streets and cracking down on foreign investment, which always leads to authoritarianism and a decline in a nation's GDP and employment growth as businesses and capital leave. "Freedom is never free!"
When the Communists Fall , I wonder of Hong Kong will return to a vibrant city or is it ruined for ever
Ruined forever
@@romangeneral23 nope the Dominion of Hong Kong will revitalize again..
Hong Kong's wealth in the past was, in large part, due to being the middleman between and the international community. Now there is no need to go through Hong Kong to do business with China. Also Hong Kong was a major financial center but much of that has been transferred to China. To add to all this, China's economy itself is seriously tanking, with international conglomerates leaving and going to other nations. Their economy can not return to what is was for decades. There is no pathway for Hong Kong to regain what it once was.
@@edwinholcombe2741 a very true statement sad but you are right.
Unlikely because the spirit and soul of the city has departed. It isn't like a switch you can just turn off and on. Many factors made HK what it was.
The cost of living is happening all around the world, not just in Hong Kong.
i was multimillionaire yesterday - not even a millionaire today
It reminds us of the aftermath of the British withdrawal from Africa, and Africa became impoverished. It is happening in Hong Kong right now. HK was prosperous during the British era. In recent years, the CCP dismantled Hong Kong, and its wealth after HK rioted for the demand for Democracy rather than draconic CCP rules. 😢
Hong Kong is FUCKED... 👎🗑
nothing to do with british or the ccp. Look how britain is doing. Change of industries affect London and HK more than other places like Shenzhen who still have industry.
1 Hong Kong dollar is 13 cents USD. When they are saying that rice dish that is less than 3 USD is expensive, that is sad.
It’s hard to find anything that cheap here…..this video has a lot of inaccuracies and exaggerations.
In the 1980's while I lived in Hong Kong the exchange rate was 7 HKD to 1 USD.
@@hkcb250rider9 I am certain there is many inaccuracies in this video. My main takeaway is life has gotten much harder for the people of Hong Kong since China regained control.
Bought to you by CIA paid for with the 500 million anti China fund.@@hkcb250rider9
I can conclude the video to this.
Prices are rising, wages are not.
Government did not help the city and the people suffers.
What bs....😂 I just got back from hk and it's packed like sardines!! Yes Chinese travelers are less but the local told me they are happy with that....btw on the video empty malls what mall is that?? you didn't mention I haven't seen an empty malls in hk during my visit...
Those are 80s style malls. You can tell from the tiny stores and the VERY low ceilings where Shaq wouldn't be able to stand up straight. Those have been out of fashion forever, and you'd only go to those places for a specific shop or restaurant, not to actually hang out because it's too cramped.
As a Hong Kong resident, you are the one talking bs...There's a whole bunch of dead malls in HK.
@@riocheng0205 of course. There always have been dead malls in HK. Even before 2019.
It is sad, I'm an American Expat living in the Philippines with my wife. Pre shutdown, we would travel to Hong Kong and Singapore about 4 times a year each. In January, we wanted to take a trip, I checked Hong Kong first for a 3 night four-day trip. The price for airfare and hotel was double in Hong Kong vs. Singapore. Hong Kong is only a 1 hour and 20 minute flight, Singapore is 3 hours and 20 minutes. So the airfare to Hong Kong should have been less, but it was not. I checked everything from economy hotels to five-star hotels, Singapore was always much less. The lowest airfare & hotel for two people, in Hong Kong was USD $1500, Singapore was USD $710, Going to five-star hotels with airfare was Hong Kong USD $5200, Singapore was USD $2700 for two people.
We love Hong Kong and will return, but hope the pricing comes back within competitive terms.
That sounds CRAZY...
@@OtomoTenzi demand will adjust the price. HK is very popular, singapore is boring.
Apart from the deplorable exploitation and chronic widespread abuse of Philippine nationals working in HK as maids and drivers and cleaners, HK was just the most wonderfully historic city to visit and indulge one's gastronomical curiosity. I once had the most extraordinary Peking Duck there - unforgettable. Now, I simply would not give the CCCP leaders a single dollar of my money. I won't even buy a ticket that transits through HK. I try to believe that this too shall pass. Historically, the Chinese people aren't overly fussed on oppression. The HK folk have never suffered it but I feel sure that once it breaks, they'll fix it.
So you punish the people of HK to punish the CCP? Who suffers most when you refuse to spend money in HK? The HK people, or the CCP? And as for the Philippine maids, are you aware of salaries in the Philippines? I have been to the Philippines and women with masters degrees can earn as little as HK500 per month.
@@powerandpresence5290 Yes, all-out FUCKERY...
“2 dishes cost 25 HKD” This is one of the lowest priced food establishments in Hong Kong, places like this usually had a long queue due to how inexpensive the price for food is. If you dine at one of the average restaurants, it’ll usually be like 50 to 60 HKD for 1 dish with drinks.
Lol I was in HK a month ago. It felt kinda depressing. Way less ppl cuz ppl decided to travel to places like Japan, Korea and Thailand since there were no more covid restrictions
All HKers wanted to get out of HK after the pandemic restrictions ended. All my faimly and friends did the same thing. Who could blame them, being locked up in an already overcrowded city for 3 years! Revenge travel will subside.
Even when Costco and Sam's opened in Shenzhen, HK retailers bemoaned the lack of holiday shoppers. Proof that HKers are not afraid of "China" after all. The fad will pass.
I was in Hong Kong in April 2023, it was really really empty. Specially the malls. Most of the crowds were at the promenade and the K11 musea mall. But the K11 musea mall visits are mostly just spectators of the building design
it was not so empty in January 2024. Seems tourism needed a while to catch up.
k11 musea too expensive and extravagant
I have nothing against the people of Hong Kong. Unfortunately due to Beijing’s tightening grip on political and human rights matters, HK is dying a slow death. 😢
A quick one, if a WAR should break out in the coming years...
HK is slowly dying since factories moved to Shenzhen 30 years ago, Banking, Shopping and Eating is made online now. You will find half empty shopping malls also in Kuala Lumpur, Bangkok and Berlin. This channel is just trying to make China look bad.
I am a resident of HK and live there for almost 20 years. Have seen the ups and down of the city (went through SARS, umbrella movement, 2019 protest and COVID). Yes there is a shift of migration (foreigners and locals exiting and coming back) but the hustle and bustle of HK is still there! like everywhere else, migration is fluid. HK is the only place where you can enjoy nature hikes, island hopping, shopping, dining and cultural experiences all at once. Don't know what people are saying about it being empty, there are throngs of people in Saikung, Kowloon and island's side even on weekdays! it took me 10 minutes to line up just to GET INTO central MTR station yesterday, its insane!!
Yup. But this channel purposely cherry-picks things to make Hong Kong (and, by extension, China) look bad. It's sad and also sad how the sheep line up to watch negative videos of China, just to confirm their own racist biases against China.
After years of social media conditioning by the protesters that attempted to convince me that "Hong Kong is dead," I finally came back to HK last year after it opened up, and things were already getting pretty crowded again.
@canto_v12 maybe they mean dead as in less free expression.
@@mamasan7902 everyone's pretending things are the same. Pretending.
@@healthyliving7226 Things never stay the same anywhere in the world. Hong Kong people are obsessed with keeping everything "the same," when the world around them is changing all the time.
Either way, I see a healthy amount of foreign visitors in HK. "Normal" or not depends on what one perceives as normal.
@canto_v12 good point.
I am from the Philippines. Was in Tsim Cha Tsui only two weeks ago. We had trouble getting into the roast goose place because of the long line (at 3 pm, long after the lunch hour!) and had to reserve our Italian restaurant at 9 pm because it was full from 6 pm until that time. We had yamcha at Maxim's City Hall and there were so many people we had to run up the stairs to get a seat. In the Kowloon side hotel where we stayed, there was a long line at the check in counter. The line at Immigration was so long it took an hour to get through.
I lived in Hong Kong for 13 years, partly prior to the 1997 hand over. I also live another 13 years in mainland China. I remember how poorly Hong Kongers thought of mainland Chinese, referring to them as peasants, and refusing to learn or speak Mandarin. Then around 2001 the border opened up and rich mainlanders flooded HK with cash in hand. Hong Kongers could not bend over backwards fast enough to make them happy and take their money. HK has always been one of the most expensive cities in the world. The massive influx of mainland tourists made things even worse. After a few years, Hong Kongers began complaining about mainlanders pushing up prices. Now, the city is dead and would do anything to get them back. You reap what you sow. HK has alway been a city of greed. Let it rot.
This is so depressing. HK used to be known as the NYC of Asia. I'd been preparing to visit for the first time in my life before the riots broke out, and now I will never get to see what used to be one of the jewels of the world. Can't imagine what it's like for people who were born and raised there.
Bit of a harsh comparison for HK.
I was there last September. Mong Kok, Prince Edward, Central etc, used to be so busy at night. Housing in Hong Kong is one of the most expensive in the world.
And most crowed too...
This channel is not portraying the real situation in Hong Kong. I just went there a few months ago. It's as prosperous and busy as ever! 🎉🎉🎉
My thoughts exactly
If that lady at the start wasn't making money, she wouldn't have that much food for sale
No one stays in business when they're hemorrhaging money
Fake news by CIA agents
Was a frequent visitor to Hong Kong in the mid to late 80s when it was still under British rule. It was a gem of a city. The Shopping, restaurants, hotels were vibrant. After the repatriations, it was downhill from there.
It was much better after the occupation ended.The 2000s were the best time. the economy is down now due to internet shopping, food delivery, covid and Shenzhen. It's still a great place.
I remember when Temple street revival faire opened up, people were complaining about how expensive the stalls are. Wouldn't be surprised if that 2 skewer comment was related to that opening. They were trying to appeal to and open foreigner's wallets, but lo and behold, there aren't any foreigners there! It's the best time to visit tbqh, because it's so quiet. Minus how expensive the tourist traps are...
I honestly think people place too much nostalgia on things like Temple Street. Those are very old, outdated environments selling lots of illegitimate goods anyway. Perhaps I'm just biased and don't like counterfeit goods, but I really don't see that kind of retail as something to be proud of. Yes, let's keep it for nostalgia's sake but I really don't expect it to survive without much government intervention. Also, the pandemic has inflated prices worldwide. Hong Kong is not special in that regard!!
What is special, however, is Dai Pai Dong and this was on the decline even before the 2019 unrest and the pandemic. I really hope the HK Gov can help create that dining environment again, with modernised regulations.
The more modern malls are now packed with shoppers again. As are the streets and the trains. As long as the street life has returned, even if their habits have changed, it's still a good thing. We can all agree that Hong Kong's pandemic restrictions were among the world's worst and it really didn't have to go that way.
My wife and I, were just from Hong Kong October 2023, celebrating our 26 wedding anniversary. We have been in Hong Kong for couple times, BUT this is the first time since Hong Kong was handed down to China. It REALLY REALLY is so much different, from Hong Kong that we used to visit before.😢 We're Indonesian.
Why crying? Have you been USA? No time for you to cry over here! We have excessive gun violence here in America!
@@abcd60528 not talking about USA, and no interest whatsoever with USA.
Agree with you. I was born & been living in HK for over 50 years. Changed so much in front of my eyes
@@dennypfa8480USofAIDS...
It's too bad that the UK did not have the courage to cede HK to the R.O.C.(Taiwan), and not kowtow to the commies. What a combo that could have been. HK & Taiwan together, I wonder what would have resulted of that union by now? It's a given(in my speculation) that the West would have kept the PRC from hostilities.
@alp8409 A 99 year lease with a government that no longer existed. And was 2 governments removed from the current. Lots of room for interpretation there. The Brits knew they could get more from the Reds than from a little island nation so they sold the people of HK to the commies.
Just like they fought WW2 to liberate Europe from the Nazis so they could hand the Eastern half to the Commies for 45 years.
Sanction their own settlers & colonists in Southern Africa to appease African terrorists.
Most of the former colony of Hong Kong was on a 99 year lease. Only Hong Kong island and Kowloon Peninsula were ceded into perpetuity. Without North Kowloon, the New Territories and Lantau island, Hong Kong wouldn’t have been able to function due to lack of water and power.
Wisely Britain negotiated a hand back of Hong Kong. Now the world can see that the CCP cannot be trusted. Cronie capitalism under the CCP has also.been shown to be failure. Sadly China hasn’t evolved into a multi-party democracy but has reverted into a one person tyranny. At least Xi is mortal and his passing leaves hope for a better future for China.
@@alp8409 A 99 year lease with a government that no longer existed. And was 2 governments removed from the current. Lots of room for interpretation there. The Brits knew they could get more from the Reds than from a little island nation so they sold the people of HK to the commies.
Just like they fought WW2 to liberate Europe from the Nazis so they could hand the Eastern half to the Commies for 45 years.
Sanction their own settlers & colonists in Southern Africa to appease African terrorists.
@@alp8409 @alp8409 A 99 year lease with a government that no longer existed. And was 2 governments removed from the current. Lots of room for interpretation there. The Brits knew they could get more from the Reds than from a little island nation so they sold the people of HK to the commies.
Just like they fought WW2 to liberate Europe from the Nazis so they could hand the Eastern half to the Commies for 45 years.
Sanction their own settlers & colonists in Southern Africa to appease African terrorists.
Why delete this post?
Some mod here keeps deleting my posts like it's Redchina @alp8409 A 99 year lease with a government that no longer existed. And was 2 governments removed from the current. Lots of room for interpretation there. The Brits knew they could get more from the Reds than from a little island nation so they sold the people of HK to the commies.
Just like they fought WW2 to liberate Europe from the Nazis so they could hand the Eastern half to the Commies for 45 years.
Sanction their own settlers & colonists in Southern Africa to appease African terrorists.
HongKong was on my to-go list, just like Moscow.. needless to say, my list is shorter now
I think the problem is the places you put on your list.
Is Pyongyang also on your list?
Hmmm, seems like you have trusted democracy propaganda
maybe you should stay home if you fall for propaganda so easily
don't go - they don't need foreigners to make them another usa
Pyongyang is on my list!
What? I was just there in Jan and it was so f**king crowded. TST, MK, CWB were just packed up to the arse with people, so much so that I had to GTFO. Not as vibrant as before (and too many you-know-whos there now) but far from deserted.
To be fair, those malls were already dead long before 2019.
Hong economy depends 70% China Tourism Market and 30% Global Market. Their hotel stay is expensive. If the hotel cost is Asian affordable, then you can have Asian Market also.
$0.13 USD = $1 HKD = ¥ 0.91 CNY. So a $70 HKD meal equals about $8-9 USD, depending on street exchange rates.
That's gettin' pretty damn expensive, considering the small portion sizes of food in Hong Kong... Basicaslly, '食銀紙'.🤑
Food vendor makes around 50% of chefs wage provided only owner & chef 8hrs. 96 meals a day. 5 mins each
Awarded the ruined financial city
the lashout to foreigners, the black sheeping of blaming covid outbreaks to those same foreigners has also made big impact to tourism from outside china.
what was displayed by seeing foreigners being forbidden to eat inside restaurants etc...
businesses don't see a market that is valid long term due to be even more state controlled now.
an economy that is on the brink of collapse.
Suddenly I feel lke I was so far ahead of the times. It was 2015 when I spent my last week in Hong Kong. It was in the air, it was a realization this was the end. The last day of whatever remained 'Hong Kong' and it was already being 'Mainlandized' and would never be the same. Never been back and wouldn't take a free vacation weekend there - it would just depress me.
2015 it was already dead. I was there 1997 to 2010.
@@michaellemon9183 You got out at the right time and can hold onto better memories.
think a lot of HKs have left for the UK. i know a lot of visas were given
don't think
You only have certain amount of disposable income and you have to make good choices to land a good deal. HK prices have always been high compare to China. As suggested in the video, people are choosing what to spend on. Holiday/travelling is the priority since open up which is normal. Finding bargains in China is everybody interest. I've recently been in HK, it's a bit quieter but not as the video shown. Lunch time in Central are packed. People has to queue to go into certain restaurants. At the end of the day, it's all about choices. Also if landlords willing to lower the rent, lots of things will be cheaper. Every country has security law. If it's that scary, there wouldn't be so many people going to China to eat and shop everyday
Karma. Hong Kong hawkers and shop assistants used to be rude and arrogant and “looked down” on people from the mainland.
because they knew how stupid they were.
Someone I knew who was born and grew up in HK decided to leave HK and starts a new life in UK with her fam, seeing ppl leaving u could guess how bad it is. Life is like a carousel, I remember when HKnese that I met bragged about how cool HK was, and that they had UK passport too, now the carousel has turned.
In the early 2000s when I visited Hong Kong, there was a long line up for afternoon tea at The Peninsula. I wonder what it's like now. Perhaps full of mainland day trippers looking for the washroom?
some restaurants still have long waiting lines.
Riddle guessing is the kind of "night vibes" I'm looking for.
When the lease was up for Hong Kong we all expected that it’s people would want Britain to apply to China to extend the lease and that way every one gains ,China would see the territory expand and increase in value knowing that it would still belong to them ,and they would also have a gateway to the world .But what they did surprised us because they held demonstrations to end its link with Briton as they wanted to return to China and even Alan Wicker could not understand as all he could hear was about how much better they would off they would be under Chinese rule remembering that Hong Kong was one of the wealthiest territories in Asia ,and so the people of Hong Kong had their wish and now how many regret turning their back on Britain
00:29 Mong Kong? Firstly yes the economy isn't what it used to be but it is far from a dead city. Also you can always find some malls that are dead, malls that once was crowded but now empty, anywhere in the world that exists. I am not at all defending China and I love HK but while the economy will never be the same as before but it isn't dead, not yet anyway. It is definitely becoming more Chinese, sad, very sad to the many who built this city and loved it.
💯 agree I believe some shots and interviews were filmed during pandamic. I was there in Jan, July and Dec last year was busy but no where near crazy busy like it used to be. Actually slightly more comfortable to walk around. Some restaurants still have massive crazy queues tho... I've noticed lot less Chinese tourist than the past which is a plus for me
Why do I feel like you are CCP . Ordinary people have filmed empty streets. How do you explain that?
Things definitely aren’t dead here….it’s true we aren’t seeing as many Mainland travellers but places are still pretty busy and inflation is pretty bad. Things aren’t as cheap as this video suggests.
I really wish people would stop viewing "becoming Chinese" as a bad thing though. Like, the city has not been British for over a quarter century now, and all this time Chinese economic influence has been growing. It's a natural progression to start to see more Chinese brands in Hong Kong.
Also, what's really sad is that the changing economic environment in China is something that Hong Kong can adapt to, but it continually struggles to do so. Rather than plan for the future, people keep harping on about how good the 80s were, back when China was poor, back when it didn't have its own port cities, back when Hong Kong was the only source of business and management talent, back when this and that. Very sad mentality, pining for the world of the past.
LOL, the very attitude of the security guard is exactly what is keeping customers away. You catch more flies with honey than with vinegar. Way to go, flycatcher.
Right? And the video blames "China" for the actions of a lone security guard. He is displaying the typical Hong Kong style customer service. 🤣
@@canto_v12
they r forigners not hongkong born -
in british days it's indians now philipinos
All things consider with everything going on with the Chinese economy this may be a good opportunity for Hong Kong to earn it's independence back from the CCP.
I'm sure they'll have the same success with that that Taiwan and Tibet has had.
China loves giving sovereignty.
Visited HK in ‘17. Stayed at Tsim Tsa Tsui. Very vibrant. So sad to see that the hustle & bustle died.
Our family used to visit Hongkong once every three months. We are from Manila and its very near. Good for weekend bonding. It's now expensive to visit. Hotels are now expensive.
I can still remember when they said it used to cost only 30 cents HKD for an egg tart... 🤑
I can't believe it. It's been a while since I've been there (early 2010s), but it was such a great, full of energy city.
It's pretty crowded now. I was there a few months ago.
It breaks my heart to see how the CCP is bringing HK and China to isolation and decadence.
You are looking at 10% of the people who hates hong Kong, where 90%? Shopping in Shenzhen.
A great video. I have been to Hong Kong about 10 times now (most visit were when I was living on the mainland). However, I got a chance to visit last month for a week for the first time since 2019 (during the October protests). Hong Kong has changed so much. The essence has changed. The liveliness. Everything felt so different, almost dystopian, compared to what Hong Kong has been. Still one of my favorite places on this planet (100+ countries traveled) but its clear as day that the energy is just different
Thanks for sharing!
Im an expat living in Honk Kong and its not true ,its expensive but HK is full of life and movement in the streets
Agreed. I was in Hong Kong November last year for 3 weeks and I felt the same.
I just went to Hong Kong in December. It’s still very, very packed. It’s not true that restaurants arent doing well. They are as busy as ever although the prices are super high, almost the same as prices in Singapore. Of course some restaurants closed down because of the closure due to pandemic, but new ones have replaced them. I had to wait for 1.5 hours to dine on christmas eve in Admiralty. And there’s no cheap restaurant there. It’s true about shops though. Prices of goods, especially electronics, used to be cheaper in HK. Now I can find those stuff for less in my own country. And I think the reason why wealthy mainland chinese dont shop in HK anymore is because chinese cities have now surpassed HK. All the luxury boutiques have now opened in china. I went to shanghai, and it’s now a much more modern city than HK. I still like HK better because nobody in china spoke english. It was hard for me just to buy food in shanghai.
Remember Hong Kong was a British colony for 99years, forgot that did we not. It was a financial hub.
So, the Brits lost control. Money left the table. Blaming the Communism 😅
Over 150 years only the New Territories was 99 years
@@ixoraroxi No, the lease was up. Learn history.
no thanks to british - hk was window - china was close -
today china is open - hk no more useful
Hong Kong is like a lot other metropolis cities depend on tourism and downtown workers to survive. The pandemic literally change the world overnight with people working remotely and traveling less. Most mainland Chinese are now rather spent their money domestically cause of the hatred and resentment the world has toward the origins of Covid. So sad to see one of my favorite city in the world comes to this. But Hong Kong people are tough and resilient.
Thank you for this informative video. Very interesting.
The situaton in Hong Kong most probably has to do with cheaper prices in Shenzhen and not so much about the security legislation. In Vancouver, Canada, many Vancourites travelled to Bellingham to shop because of the cheaper prices. Just plain competition.
By the way, I can buy electronic goods and camera cheaper in Canada than in Hong Kong. I have been to Hong Kong many times. Not much to do there.
Damn! Taking a plane to live normally for a brief moment. That's quite sad.
Socialism never fails to destroy economies.
The last time I went to HK, I told myself that I will never visit it again. It used to be one of my fave Asian cities but a lot has changed since. My last trip was with my family about 10 years ago. The Chinese tourists there spoilt every thing. 1) I queued at my hotel for a free shuttle bus to the city. Every morning, the Chinese tourists would cut the queue and the hotel staff has to tell them to queue up (I am actually quite surprized that you need to be told to queue every morning!) 2) Went to HK DIsneyland. I was out of the theme park in 2 hours because no one was queueing. When I was in the queue for the roller coaster ride, someone would say "Excuse me, I need to go in front because my mother is in front of the queue". The next person would say his uncle is in front and it went on like this FOREVER and I never got to ride the roller coaster. 3) When using the toilet in Disneyland, the janitor needed to yell at someone to close his door while he was shitting (I was in utter disbelief). 4) The food quality has declined. It used to be very delicious but my last trip gve me the impression that food was mediocre at best. My comment is just my personal experience and some people might have a better one. Sadly, I won't be going back anytime soon but I sure miss the old HK.
This video is massively misleading, if not complete nonsense for many of the quotes. I visited HK in 2022 and 2023, the difference in footfall was stark but on both occasions Tsim Sha Tsui and all of the other areas I visited were really lively. K11 was vibrant, same for Harbour City Mall, and walking down Nathan Road the streets and shops were busy - not to mention this would be considered off-peak tourist time.
I believe the problem is that people have such an anti-China view that they are willing to believe anything.
Keep worshipping the dictator
@@jandobalm6958 If you don't have something intelligent to say, better to not say anything.
Can't agree more, all the malls are filled with people, the video seemed to be showing malls during the pandemic.
Just because you see people out there doesnt mean it's vibrant, data speaks the truth, the spending from locals and tourists are going way down, what good does it do if the people are just dead man walking and not spending? I mean Jesus, what kind of place would have almost one third of total population left during the one week Christmas holidays?
Yeah, I was also just there and everything was very busy and lively. You even had to line up to get into the good places.
I just came back from HK a week ago. Only 2 floors in the malls are alive the rest are empty. But that's a different story on high end malls around Canton Ave.
Hong Kong ended in 1997. There is no surprise for me about the current conditions of it.
We wife & I were just in Hong Kong for a month. We noticed that most malls were fairly empty. Restaurants were not packed as they used to be, and food prices had shot up quite a bit. You no longer have to push each other to get through the streets. Very sad indeed. Hong Kong has lost its glory ever since China took it back.
Hong kong is very expensive because rents which is controlled by big real estate group including British companies took advantaged of influence. But it is not as bad as reported here. When you still have to queue up at restos, it’s not that bad. It just lost its title as shopping capital because of online shopping, as what is happening worldwide.
A chicken wing with rice 40 HKD that's about 5 US dollars and some change. Pretty cheap to me.
You will never know whether it's real chicken or plastic Chinese "meat" 😮
Thanks to Chinese communist party 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Yup everything the ccp touches just turns to suck.
Yup everything the ccp touches just turns to bitter disappointment.
Hk shit ty
HK collapsed the moment it was returned back to China. Nowadays, most young people want to leave and start a new life abroad which is evident with immigration schemes such as UK's BNO which has attracted over 150k Hong Kong people to leave in the past 3-4 years.
And about 40 % have return to HK after 2 yrs.