Here is quick calculation for running a normal life in HK (if you happen to have jobs in HK)
1. Food (normal food like Mc D will cost you 30 to 40 HKD, and a Chinese noodle on the road side would cost you 30 HKD, A good pasta in a spaghetti house will cost you 120 HKD with a Chinese tea. So I take average of 60 per meal so it is 180 per day. Thus, 5400 per month.
2. Transportation: of course it depends where you work and where you stay, MTR (Not MRT…he he) will be cheap mode or transportation. Considering worst case, taking 150 HKD / Day. So it is 4500 / Month
3. Housing. HK is really costlier and you might be packed in a small sized apartment with no free down. Keep 9000 / Month for staying.
4. Laundry and others: 2000 per month. Considering the cold whether for few months and hope that you wear some sweeter, you might save come cost.
5. Entertainment: 3000 per month, considering that you drink every Friday and Saturday (only to 3 bottles of beer) in a good, cozy bar.
6. Others – (!!@@%%%) – depend on you. Say 1500 per month.
Total comes to 25K. You can have to at least in a senior position (I am referring to IT – say senior system administrator) to cover this expenses. According to the salary survey by jobs db, a senior network administrator makes around 30K HK$.
Are you planning to re-locate HK? Check your deal before you decide.
Thank you , Readers,
JS
Monday, December 15, 2008
Recent HK Visit
Hi Readers,
Small article about my recent trip to Macau and Hong Kong.
As a regular visitor HK, few things came to my notice during my visit.
The spending on the decoration for the forth coming session is less compared with last year. I notice there is very little decoration done on the ocean terminal side towards the harbor front.
Last year, i was there exactly during 3 weeks before the Christmas like this year. However i found last year they had better set up then this year.
Less crowd this year, when compared with last year.
On the contrary i can see people waiting in the queue to get into the branded shopping center along side of the harbor city.
I don’t know what to say, looks like co-operates are feeling the economic crisis and spending less whereas the consumer and end users are not feeling that yet.
Is that correct?
Thank you, Readers,
JS
Small article about my recent trip to Macau and Hong Kong.
As a regular visitor HK, few things came to my notice during my visit.
The spending on the decoration for the forth coming session is less compared with last year. I notice there is very little decoration done on the ocean terminal side towards the harbor front.
Last year, i was there exactly during 3 weeks before the Christmas like this year. However i found last year they had better set up then this year.
Less crowd this year, when compared with last year.
On the contrary i can see people waiting in the queue to get into the branded shopping center along side of the harbor city.
I don’t know what to say, looks like co-operates are feeling the economic crisis and spending less whereas the consumer and end users are not feeling that yet.
Is that correct?
Thank you, Readers,
JS
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