There is a great dividing class in Hong Kong. Walking down from Soho after dining at a French restaurant, I saw a begger taking a bottle of Coke from the bins and drinking the few drops that were left in the bottle. I would be eating $15 won ton noodle soup one day, and a $125 sandwich at a hotel the next day. At a dai pai dong, there would be locals eating very cheap food, and we would be dining on the expensive live seafood we bought from the markets which we asked the dai pai dong to cook for us. There are old ladies collecting cans, and there are old ladies carrying bags of shopping from Gucci or Dior.
And people don't think there is anything wrong with this.
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Is it wrong to be rich, is it wrong to be poor? The rich has better material security but does that mean they are different from the beggas drinking the coke from the bin?
for all you know, at the dai pai dong that brought expensive seafood to for them to cook, they could of very well spat in your food out of contempt...
doesnt that put u at the same level as the beggar, if not worst (eg, all the cooks spit in it)
just cause u look like your better off doesnt mean anything
Well said Ernie.Well said.
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