Posted by
Highlander
18 yrs ago
There is a renovation work going on here and if you could imagine, drilling and knocking irriates me and my life more stressful.
I just contacted the Enviornment Protection Department to raise a complaint, and I was told that there is no law protecting the public if renovation work is done between 7am to 7pm, except on weekend and Public Holidays.
I find this rediculous especially there is no dateline required for the renovation work. Technically, renovation can go on for 365 days, except 7pm to 7am, weekends and Public Holidays.
Noise Pollution and Air Pollution are terrible in Hong Kong. Not a good enviornment to live in HK.
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The story gets better. They are allowed to renovate at night if they get a permit.
"I find this rediculous especially there is no dateline required for the renovation work. Technically, renovation can go on for 365 days, except 7pm to 7am, weekends and Public Holidays."
It is Hong Kong. Well known for being noisy. The whole thing should come as no surprise. When do you propose they do the work?
Having lived next to renovations in both adjacent townhouses I must say that there isn't much a good pair of noise canceling headphones (Shure or Etymotic are recommended) can't fix.
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sxc
18 yrs ago
And Saturdays they can work til 1pm I think.
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I woke at 3am earlier today, as I heard renovations going-on at the apartment downstairs; hammering and the auto-screw-driver thing being used, as though as the fellas were building some furniture or finishing carpentry work. I cannot believe that there is even a licence available for night time renovations. This is not acceptable, really. We've even experienced renovations on Sunday mornings too, and that drives us crazy. The noise, the pollution, the ultimate & strange banking systems, lazy supermarket staff, bus drivers who have limited EQ - Really not a big nice welcome for me as a new resident here. That's just my experience so far, being here for just a total of almost 2 months.
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seems HK is not a good place to live in.....
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"seems HK is not a good place to live in....."
Based on this alone? Every city and country I have lived in has had advantages and disadvantages. HK has plenty of advantages that (for me) outweigh the frequent jackhammering.
"the ultimate & strange banking systems"
Huh? I have found banking to be quite straightforward. What exactly have you found annoying?
"lazy supermarket staff"
Compared to where? I have found them better than in most other places I have lived. Responsive, pleasant, never surly, helpful.
" bus drivers who have limited EQ "
Do you mean IQ? Bus drivers in HK can be impatient, but I have hardly found them dumb. Their English is often pretty bad, but that's hardly their problem.
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of course everything depends on your personal experience. But honestly HK bus drivers are COMPLETELY reckless esp the mini buses. Bus drivers that kill, main people get away with the lightest sentences here.
Sanitation, hygiene is still lacking when compared to DEVELOPED nations which HK claims to be.
People may have gotten more polite from accounts of people who have lived here much longer but compared to other cities I still find local extremely impolite and LACKING complete understanding in personal space in a public environment.
I have to agree, after 2yrs in HK compared to where Tokyo, Singapore, Sydney, HK pales in comparison. I would gladly leave tomorrow if we could.
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"Based on this alone? Every city and country I have lived in has had advantages and disadvantages. HK has plenty of advantages that (for me) outweigh the frequent jackhammering. "
If you can outweigh the advantages in HK with other nearby countries in terms of pollution, then you do not know what you have missed out.
"Huh? I have found banking to be quite straightforward. What exactly have you found annoying?"
There is a very much minimum sum to maintain the account otherwise there is a surcharge. If you go to the teller just for withdrawing or deposit, you will have marketing by the teller. If this is straightforward to you, ........gosh.
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"If you can outweigh the advantages in HK with other nearby countries in terms of pollution, then you do not know what you have missed out."
Pollution isn't everything. I simply said that there are advantages here. For example excellent and relatively inexpensive private schools (compared to UK/US), cheap domestic help, good environment for children (no need to drive them everywhere, their friends are right there), and more. For us currently, the advantages outweigh the disadvantages. We like it much better than we did Connecticut.
"There is a very much minimum sum to maintain the account otherwise there is a surcharge. If you go to the teller just for withdrawing or deposit, you will have marketing by the teller. If this is straightforward to you, ........gosh."
Some banks don't have minimums. Besides many banks in the US and other places have minimums.
Also I see no reason to go to a teller. I can withdraw money, transfer between accounts, pay bills and so forth at an ATM. I can deposit cheques at a deposit machine. I can do most everything not involving cash or cheques online. To be honest I haven't seen a teller since we opened the account.
"People may have gotten more polite from accounts of people who have lived here much longer but compared to other cities I still find local extremely impolite and LACKING complete understanding in personal space in a public environment."
That's a cultural thing I think. The whole "personal space" issue is just not as important to them as it is to Westerners. Shouldn't we be adapting to their mores?
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I see your points....you are comparing with your country in the US. Definitely, is a big comparison.
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Everyone is different. Also people change. What is ok for my family may not be ok for yours. And what we find ok now we may feel is crap in 5 years. The more we move, the more we find that there is no perfect place, and to gain some stuff you give up other stuff. That's what makes it interesting. ;)
BTW I am comparing with all the countries I have lived in, not just the US.
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probably HK is your last "better" place you think is good and suitable for you thus far. Good Luck.
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Well indeed. It's the best right now. In 5 years who knows? Story of our lives. ;)
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Some people have had pleasant experiences - Banks, bus drivers, supermarket... How long ago was that? Many things change with time (obviously), and with the change in countries and systems - I don't expect the same practices across the globe. And, my experiences are NOT limited to just one bank, bus driver, supermarket... Axptguy38, you are indeed very lucky to have had constantly good experiences - We wish the same for ourselves too, always.
The only way I guess is for me to suck it up and take it easy; hope for the best! LOL
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"Axptguy38, you are indeed very lucky to have had constantly good experiences - We wish the same for ourselves too, always."
Well, it's not all great. ;) However it has a lot do to with your expectations. I meet a lot of expats who seem to see only the bad things and how they compare with "back home". But if I went to their "home" I would see a lot of problems there too that they just don't see because they are part of the background noise to them. I tend to see even annoyances as just picturesque parts of the experience. Call me a glass half full guy. ;)
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