Originally Posted by
Tankengine
I don't doubt HK is expensive, BUT: when you add on "helper" costs of 2 live in servants and 1 part time as a normal thing you are comparing apples and potatoes.
In many parts of the world this would be impossible. In HK you have CHEAP servants!
How many BA or Qantas pilots have live in servants at home?
You're right, they don't generally have servants like in hk... BUT it also doesn't take 5 hours to do an errand in town, they can jump in the car and park next to where they're going. Helpers in hk are a necessity if you want any leisure time or play time with your kids as even the most basic tasks like putting the recycling out can take 20 mins once you wait for two elevator trips with other residents who will look you in the eye at 4 paces and press the close door button on you!