@TomSea @mystery-ak @Cyber Liberty@roamer_1@Once-Ler @Gefn @musiclady Tom, I watched the film and it is shocking to see Hong Kong like that.
My history with Hong Kong:
Background: My husband was Vice-President of American National Insurance Company, in the headquarters tall building in Galveston, Texas. Each year the company chose their highest earning insurance agents across the world, 1,000 of them each year, split into two groups of 500. One year the two groups were taken to an American location and the next year to a foreign location. One group of 500 were taken one week and another 500 the next week. As an officer, husband had to be there the entire two weeks. The company paid our bills for the two weeks wherever we were sent.
One year the location was Hong Kong so we were there two weeks. That time period was about one year before China took them over. We spoke to people in several large businesses and each time were told the business had moved all their money out of Hong Kong.
When you fly there (which you won't now) and are landing, don't look out the window. The approach is over water and you land at the end of the runway which starts at the water's edge. A description of Hong Kong then:
Hotels are fine. Look out the window of your room in the morning and you see employees from all buildings, outside and doing exercises. The place is so busy with people working and producing goods to export. I bought "Members Only" jackets made there for $5 each. We both had suits made in two days. I had a gold bracelet made in one day - solid gold throughout - not empty inside, so it is heavy. It is as fine today as it was then. I came back with a Chinese tea set fitted inside a basket. One like that was in our room when we got there, full of fresh made tea.
People were always smiling and helpful. The entire city is sparkling clean and their old religious shrines are revered and kept up well. The food was delicious - Peking Duck was one of their finest meals. A meal is many courses, each delivered separately as you finish one course. It was a wonderful city.
Then, one day, we took a skimming over-the-water boat to Macau, China. What a difference - at the port we had to take off all jewelry and watches and they were listed. When you leave, the list is checked to make sure you still have all the jewelry - they did not want you to give a Chinese person a piece of jewelry as that Chinese person would then have something another Chinese person did not have.
We were out in the country and the guide said every family in a village had the same number of items another family had - same number of cups, dishes, plates, etc.
We went to an outdoor market. Women were in small groups, pointing at me, and giggling. The guide said they don't see women with blond hair. My husband was a large man and the guide said the Chinese in the market would think he was a rich man because he could afford all the food he wanted.
When we got back to the port, sure enough, the jewelry lists were there and our jewelry/watches counted. With this information, compare how China was to Hong Kong at that time. I wonder if landing now in Hong Kong, your jewelry/watches are counted.
