Jake's ViewJobs cry an excuse to continue income disparity
HK needs to rise to the level of the great democracies if everyone is to have a better life
Government sees 188,000 jobs with no one to fill them by 2022, and a big educational mismatch.
I don't want to seem culturally elitist about these things but there is a reason that much of the world looks up to the great democracies of the West.
Superficially, of course, it is because they are rich. In fact, this is more a result than a cause. The real reason is that their people participate so widely in all their scientific and cultural achievements. This gives them both their wealth and their standing.
And the reason that their people participate so widely is that they have the time and energy to do it after the daily grind of just staying alive and hiding from the exactions of the more powerful.
The great democracies generally have better income equality. The rewards of it are immense.
We can also rise to this level in Hong Kong but let's not fool ourselves. We are not there yet. It would require significantly greater increases in take-home pay at the bottom of the income scale for a prolonged period.