Why this American millionaire chose Singapore over Hong Kong 

Taiwan is nice for vacation, very green, lots of beautiful sites outside the city. But when you are actually living there, you’ll soon find out that the lifestyle is more suitable for senior citizens or orderly individuals. Everything is involved with eatery, night market, etc. If you actually like to party, drinking, social, dancing, meetup, hookup, SG is far better and more liberal

singaporeans are rude

So low paid in Taiwan. And the cities in Taiwan looks so poor compared to singapore

@@exjock4foodie every country have its pros and cons. Why the need to nitpick?

@@exjock4foodie it looks poor but they are actually not poor at all. Most buildings are old due to early development and zoning laws. Developers have no desired to tear down and rebuild them with laws that are less profitable or favorably to the business. And the low pay is due to over supply of universities and college grads.

Please don't come back, Singapore doesn't miss nor need you🙏

That is provided you are fit and strong.😊

Just stay where your heart says that you're comfortable with. ❤

how has HK been since the chinese take over? ive heard its gone downhill a lot?

You can get arrested anytime in China. Not fr me, I love my freedom 100% just don't like living in fear. Good luck !

“According to the Democracy Index” 😂😂😂😂😂😂 Jesus fucking Chris 😂😂😂😂😂 this fucking guy 😂😂😂😂😂 I can’t 😂😂😂😂😂😂

it's beyond evident you know so little that you're not even at the point of realising why and what you don't know about what you don't know when it comes to the intersection of politics and life values in the developed asian economies. crazy that youve been pigeon-holed so deeply you have the confidence to construe your opinion as informed

SIngapore is not a flawed democracy Hong Kong is not a hybrid regime either Singapore is a democratic country and is one of the most democratic countries the government or the people's action party has to make sure it gives it's best for the people otherwise it could be ruled out I think Singapores democracy is better than the US's and west the western press is biased they have their own thoughts and even if they're not true they will publish things if somebody publishes something about Singapore and it's not true Singapore will go back to them and say you correct this you correct it we don't want false information Singapore doesn't allow lies to be sent around the community politicians can't lie in Singapore they can lie in other countries and they do, but not Singapore and politicians in Singapore have a better standard I think the US and the west can learn things from Singapore by respecting all religions and races no racism perfect harmony, no tolerance for corruption big punishments for corruption America is one of the least corrupt countries and Singapore is one of the least corrupt countries and is less corrupt than the US I think there should be heavier punishments for corruption. A good government a government that thinks long term doesn't think about it being re elected and its own personal agenda for the politician, looking after the interests of the people and fining people for littering, spitting on the road another thing In the US there is gun violence the US has the most gun violence, I think there should be strict gun control, and strict background checks the problem is the NRA and republicans don't want to do anything about it Singapore is very safe and is one of the safest countries and more peaceful than the US, and another thing is that there is corruption of lobbying in the US, and west in Singapore lobbying isn't allowed and illegal there is also a better quality of life in Singapore than the US, and yes a higher life expectancy in Singapore than the US there is also no natural disaster in Singapore and Singapore has one of the highest savings rate in the world and higher GDP per Capita than the US and income tax rates in Singapore are quite low between 2 percent to 24 percent or 22 percent Singapore is also an easier place of doing business than the US people are more friendly in Singapore I think Singapore is really nice Singapores healthcare system is better than the healthcare system in the US and the best Singapore isn't perfect though no country is, but in my opinion SG is better than the US I think the government of Singapore is better than the government of the US Singapore airlines is the best airline Singapore's passport is stronger than the US's Singapores story is phenomenal in such a short 30 40 or 50 years it became a developed country and rich country Singapores infrastructure is also better than the US's. The US's foreign policy is problematic bad I think Singapore is the best country this is my point of view though in Singapore they're also trying to solve the problems I don't think democracy is the answer I think it depends on the quality of the leader, things being based on merit. No corruption or low corruption and a good administration and if a country has a good democracy or benevolent good dictatorship, benevolent dictator than I think that is good otherwise than that is bad there can even be problems in a democracy like what if a lot of people are uneducated illiterate that is bad and many are unemployed there is a lot of corruption a bad administration things aren't based on merit that is bad what if there is casteism and communalism that is bad and if the quality of the leader isn't good that is bad what is there is also gender discrimination and regionalism even that is bad. Lee Kuan Yew is my favorite politician. My current favorite politician is Narendra Modi Modi ji. You can use the public transportation like the Buses and metro and it's one of the best, one of the cheapest, and one of the safest in Singapore. In the US you have to drive or go on a vehicle you mostly rely on vehicles. Singapores Changi airport is the best airport. I am not into democracy, I think and believe there are alternatives and I think democracy slows down the progress I don't think democracy is the best form of government today we also agree that diversity of thought and diversity of governance is important, but for some reason, when it comes to democracy the west, thinks that it's one size fits all, this is why we need a better form of democracy for more people around the world. Senegal has democracy Kenya has democracy, the Southside of Chicago in America has democracy in fact it is the most democratic government in the world yet there is no safety in the Southside of Chicago there is no safety at Compton there is no safety in the slums of Kenya so the idea that democracy provides you with safety and opportunity and only democracy does that is wrong. The idea of democracy that one vote = 1 say is flawed because even if everybody deserves a voice not every voice is equal in value. I don't think a uneducated person on the street should have a say of the Nuclear policy of the United States or the UK. let's make that the whole government let's make the smartest 2,000 people in a country choose the direction of the country democracy only works when the population is sufficiently educated and that is not the case in 90% of the world. In a functioning government where there's smart people that are able to make decisions they would say no to Adolf Hitler they would say no to Donald J Trump because the average person could tell there's something wrong with this leader we should not allow them to manipulate the rest of the population this is why democracy is dangerous every leader comes and promises you a business seat in their plane, but they don't know how to fly a plane. There is a better form of governance that we can explore together and it's not dictatorship we don't like dictatorship I also don't like dictatorship, but not the whole world wants to live by the ideals of one country. Nas daily uploaded a video a year ago titled is Democracy good or bad and debated with Alex I agree with Nuseir I don't think Democracy is the answer. Yes Singapore is not an American style democracy thankfully which is obsessed with labels/form/ ideology rather than substance. Hence this endless agonising over whether a country is democratic or socialist/ communist. Unlike America, Singapores leaders from the outset were pragmatic and focused on economic development in order to improve the living standards of their people. And they have been spectacularly successful in delivering the fruits of good governance of their people. Singapore has a parliamentary system based on the Westminster model, have one man one vote free elections every 5 years. Singapore elections are legitimately free and fair because even key ministers have been unseated at the ballot box in the past. Typically 2/3 of the population vote for the ruling PAP People's Action party because of their excellent track record of good governance, not because they don't have a free choice. Almost any Singaporean can run for parliament with an election deposit of about SGD13,000. In the US, you cannot run for political office unless you have lots of money. In 2020, USD 8 billion was spent on congressional races. American democracy has degenerated to a plutocracy where it's rule by the elite 1% for the elite 1%. Ordinary Americans have seen declining living standards in the past 30 years, and it must be cold comfort to the more than 653,000 homeless Americans that they live in the world's most powerful democracy. Big business interests are allowed. to lobby and donate money to politicians, making office holders beholden to them In Singapore, this is corruption and illegal. So it's not surprising that they often serve the interests of their rich donors rather than their constituents. Abraham Lincoln said democracy is a rule of the people , for the people and by the people. On that test, it would seem that Singapore is more democratic than the U.S. Singapore is way more democratic than many countries including the U.S. with the 2 party system and lobbying framework. Singapore is a successful democracy.

​@@aravchandra3572 I agree with 99% of what you stated here about Singapore. Just 2 issues: 1. please use fullstops. Your kb has no fullstop ? 2. I don't like Modi. He is a divisive figure and supports the extremists in BJP factions. His gang came to attack my parents home town in Surat during the Gujarat riots. They even threatened to "rape the women and girls". Modi approved the attack. But luckily our male relatives were armed and stood their ground to save the town from th extremist marauders from BJP. In fact my cousins personally knew the background of some of the marauders. Local guys were BJP supporters and hate Christians, Muslims and other religions. So nope, Modi is not a good man to a lot of people in India and Indians of other religions overseas too.

Thanks a ton!

Same here..❤❤😊 even I watch it immediately 😊

Singaporean and PR do not need to pay entrance fee to visit Museums

Hiking in Hong Kong cannot be compared to Singapore. The level of difficulty and the rewarding magnificent views puts Singapore's trails to shame. Our trails are too man-made

Hikes mean the trail needs to have elevation. Not flat land which is Sg.

I went to Singapore for business over ten times in different months. Even in the early morning, I couldn't go outside. It was too hot for me. I have no desire to visit for fun.

​@jasonlucas2328 it's not so much a country to go hiking as much as its a sightseeing city to go eat chilli crab and durian, enjoy nice shopping malls, walk around with your family safely at night to enjoy a movie or just check out chinatown or little India. If ur idea of having fun is hiking then probably go somewhere not in south east asia.

You don't call your parents authoritarian when they stop you from taking drugs. You can't call your government you voted in authoritarian when they perform to your expectation. Likewise you don't change your spouse if she/he is good, just because of democracy.

@@acpanda6372 Agree, democracy these days especially in the west is just a word of convenient excuse for people to stir nonsense or to cater to their agender/interest .

Singapore is just a small island with buildings. Boring.

More parks and greenery? What do you call the hiking trails, outlying Islands and mountains in HK - fake nature?

​@nikkicherry6559 ya...boring. go US it's huge.

Bro, HK got more greenery, but most of their flats are cramp and no views….singapore got higher percentage of flats with nature view, thats what they mean

​@@norman6499 Check out the New Territories. My view is all mountains and hills. Check out Discovery Bay, Repulse Bay, Lamma Island, Sai Kung, Stanley, etc. You don't know much about HK. You're so ignorant it's not even funny

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Totally agree… I’m Singaporean and have never been to HK. Am always irritated when people try to compare countries. Just like how an individual - whether among the same race, or between different ethnic groups - differs one from another, it’s what makes the human race unique and interesting. One needs to have an open mindset and learn to embrace diversity, and respect our differences. That’ll bring peace and harmony instead of strife. Maybe I’m just being naive… but hopeful.

Yes hk buildings are very dirty n old. People live in cages.

@@amyg1073 Totally agree. Although my family are Cantonese speakers, I find it very difficult to communicate with the locals in English as my use of Cantonese is very marginal. Communicating in English to Friends and Family in Singapore makes it much easier for me.

​@@amyg1073Yes, we're all poor in HK and live in tiny cages.

​@@robocop581lol she's interacting with the wrong crowd...

That's because you've lost the honger in you. If you understood the hk mentality and history and laguage....you'll be able to compare apples to apples

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@@yeowchongong5608😊😅😂

Taxpayers bailed them out, they'll repeat it, because they'll be bailed out again anyways.

Dude, i swim in the naturally heated pool from the sun and kids play waterplayground in the noon everyday. By the way, Hot sun dont come out everyday in singapore. Singapore is a rich playground. Not really for commoner to busk under hot sun.

@@norman6499 I'm not in the pool all day and can also swim in naturally heated pools in HK pools in the warmer months. Even if the sun doesn't come out the temp is still near 29°C. You've never experienced 16°C cool weather in Singapore so I of course you're gonna say it's okay where you are. As for basking under hot sun, do you really think rich people in HK behave any differently?

@@robocop581 your that so call heated pool is still cold water la uncle, stop bluffing yourself la…HK is just on the news today for negative stuff, china worse….lets stop all your delusional dreams abt Hk…its dead at least for the next 10 years

In India we never say " buy a coffee for you". Instead we say let's meet for a Coffee. If you say you will buy coffee for the other person, then it's like trying to demean and belittle the other person

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@@MaxChernov is it possible to send syllabus or list it on ur website?

He said white shirt and blue shorts as a student. You can make a guess..ACS boy in primary school?

Some people prefer want work life balance. But the worse lot is those who want high pay and also work life balance.

SG ain't really that cheap either, no?

@@GeekyGeek-kz8rn Cheaper than Hk.

@@GeekyGeek-kz8rn Food and rental prices cost more in Hong Kong…definitely.

​@@yangtzeling7468 On what planet is Singapore cheaper than HK?

@@conworldus8310 you can’t get Sg hawker pricing for food in Hk.

Then come to Hanoi

​@@shanmugaretnam9868welcome to Taiwan

​@@shanmugaretnam9868Well come Taiwan

Agreed. It's very skewed towards whites, westerners, high earners.Not a single non white non westerner average earner. Not a single Asian or middle eastern person.

That’s pretty much true actually

The climate alone is better in HK. HK has a cool season with an avg temp of 16°C from Dec to March. Singapore climate is a stale 29°C all year which would drive me nuts.

There are at least 21 countries who are smaller in Singapore. It is not really a super small country, considering it's big floor areas, wall areas, tunnel areas, park connector areas, maritime areas, etc. Singapore port is the 2nd busiest seaport in the whole world. Singapore is an archipelago of at least 64 islands. Their number of parks and trees are more than the other bigger countries. Singapore is also growing continously in size. It has ongoing land reclamations and future land reclamations. Time will come, it will overtake in size some of those countries bigger than her right now.

Msx's channel is all geared towards high earners, westerners, whites, not a single average earner, non white. Very lopsided and unbalanced views.

His other videos cover expats from other social economic situations.

Where are you from?

I actually find Singaporeans to be more mean but Hong Kongers are more rude.

HK is way more interesting and vibrant

Hot sun all year round, plan to leave the country

No extra stamp duty for non-Californian when buying property. If it’s your primary residence, keep it for two years and no capital gain for USD250k for single owner, or USD500k for legally married couples … that’s the great incentive 👍

Too much chip on shoulder. Britain has relegated itself to the dustbin and has no wherewithal to change others opinion of Britain leave along HK or SG. SG came up by its hard work

So absolutely true….what they can’t take with them back to Britain were those immovable and were eventually “sold” to Singapore, like the Alexandra hospital. The hospital was built mainly for the British military and their own kind. No locals were ever entertained there. When the Japanese army came, the Japanese used the hospital for themselves and when they left, everything in there was ruined. When the British finally left Singapore in 1970, they sold it to the Singapore govt for $1. In the early 20s to 50s, the British would ship Indian prisoners from India to Singapore mainly for construction works, so most British buildings and churches here were built by Indian prisoners and Chinese coolies….if anyone were to say Singapore was well off and prosperous in those days were mainly the Brits and wealthy foreigners living off the sweat and tears off the backs of the poor locals doing all the hard laborious works for them. Singapore was a trading port back then, yes, but all its earnings were shipped back to Britain to feed the British empire. What Singapore is today is all the hard work of our own government, namely the PAP and may God bless LKY and his legacy forever.

That’s all because sg as a nation itself is still a member of commonwealth. But hk is a city which belongs to the Chinese govt.

@@heloisez5235 Before 1997, Hong Kong was under the British government and was considered part of the commonwealth. The Brits had ruled HK for 99 years.

@@bell-xk5dd living in the past still?

Singapore is actually more strict than HK. You have caning and death penalty in Singapore for crying out loud

Really ?

@@Paul-H-Wolfram6608 yeah the extradition and silencing of opposition is not a good look. I'm sure the day to day hasn't changed all that much yet but it will continue to lose autonomy.

Yes it has changed. But "Hippy" was never a term people would have associated with HK.

There were hundreds of CIA in Hong Kong before having the national security law.

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​Same, I met Mrs Janet last year for the first time at a conference in Manchester, after then my family changed for good. God bless Mrs Janet

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It’s not :)

Yawn

It's fairly clear that you're brainwashed.

Ignorant comment.

Singapore laws are way more draconian than HK. Are you delusional?

The Law on Espionage in Singapore, google it.

Load of crap. We have an outdoor pool in our condo in HK. It's naturally heated Dufus. Singapore: Flat Terrain, no beautiful mountains or hills, fake beaches, 29°C all year, COE is SGD$105,000. BTW, my kids took public transportation alone in HK at age 11. HK is also pretty much crime free despite not having caning and death penalty. HK infrastructure is very good. In fact MTR is more efficient than Singapore's. HK has a high speed train 142 km length at 350 kmh top speed and 55 km bridge to Macao. Any bullet trains in Singapore to Malaysia? As for casinos, that's a positive?

@@robocop581 u think i never travel to HK before LOL…who u wan to bluff? Hongkong is only good for visiting as a tourist to see the old run down building, eat the old gd chinese food, other than that, thats it. Mountain? You are talking as if only HK got mountain…

@@norman6499 Yes, you've never been to HK. Do you know how many outlying Islands and beaches we have? Go ahead Einstein, I'm waiting

@@norman6499 So how many times have you climbed Mt. Singapore? I heard it's taller than Mt. Everest 😂

​@@robocop581with people like you, is it any wonder hk is going downward?