your mother on 16 February 2007
fishamaphone said:
I don't know how you Hong Kongians do it.
It's quite simple, really. Hong Kong by itself doesn't produce much of shit to show for. Essentially, everything is imported, parallel or otherwise.
As an example, I buy imported Australian milk that costs me less than USD1.00 (yep, that's a buck) when buying locally-made milk would cost me USD3.50.
There are no import or sales taxes here, so nobody gives a shit if it's a parallel or not. All they care about is a) good quality? b) looks nice? c) cheap? if so, you've got a deal.
That's how the HK consumer economy is really driven here - supply and demand. Probably the best example of a working free market capitalism compared to all the other countries I've been to in my life.
And yeah, you get spoiled here with so much gaming goodness 
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