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How Life in Hong Kong Rooftop Looks Like

holathebest — Thu, 19 Jan 2017 14:43:10 +0800

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Glorious Life of a Hong Kong Tai Tai

holathebest — Thu, 19 Jan 2017 14:17:09 +0800

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Permanent residency in Japan now possible after

holathebest — Thu, 19 Jan 2017 13:48:03 +0800

The Justice Ministry’s new rules could cut your wait by years.

Japan’s Ministry of Justice, which oversees immigration, announced new rules governing permanent residency this week, hoping to attract and keep more highly skilled workers from overseas. The new measures will go into effect in March and could make it possible for some applicants to receive permanent residency after just one year in Japan.

Basically, all immigrants become eligible for permanent residency after living in Japan for 10 years. However, in 2012, the Ministry introduced a points-based system to shorten the wait for highly skilled applicants in three categories: advanced academic research activities, advanced specialized/technical activities, and advanced business management activities. Applicants in these categories who scored sufficient points by the system’s rubric were eligible for a preminent resident visa after five years.

The latest changes further shorten that period to just three years for those scoring over 70 points and just one year for those scoring over 80 points. They have also added additional ways to earn points, such as awarding investment in Japanese businesses and degrees from highly rated institutions.

The point system is loosely broken into categories such as academic background, career achievements, salary, age, licenses, position, and special achievements. An applicant’s achievements in each category are rated on a point scale. For example, having a doctorate will net you 30 points, while a master’s will get you 20. Being a company operator with an annual income of at least 30 million yen (about $261,700) will get you 50 points, but if you only pull in 25 million yen (about $218,000), you’ll get 40 points.

For a complete explanation of the points system and a self-assessment form, see this English page on the Ministry’s website, although they haven’t updated it with the new information as of publication.

Thinking of applying yourself? Good luck! And if you want more info bout moving to Japan, here’s a start.

Recommend me singapore tv series

holathebest — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 18:41:31 +0800

I love watching sg series when i was young. i still remember i enjoyed many singaporean series that aired on Astro AEC. can anyone recommend me any singapore-based drama, not only mediacorp but other station oso can?

Threads deleted at Kopitiam

holathebest — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 15:43:13 +0800

I posted a thread bout hk model trying to attempt suicide on Kopitiam board. why is it deleted?

the source is here http://www.thesundaily.my/news/2131908

i saw many news regarding china negative news from a user called 'news channel'

besides, i also saw a lot of threads displaying racy photos from users like 'everest' and 'jacy5'

why none of them get deleted? instead my source has no racy photos, and its non-politic; mine get deleted?

is it because they are friends with mods which is why they are treated differently than normal users?

any reasonable reason for this?

cheers.

Why delete my news regarding hk model suicide?

holathebest — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 15:25:36 +0800

who the heck delete my thread? im not being racist, not discriminate. what are the reasons for u to delete?

Domestic helper jailed 18 months for stealing

holathebest — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 15:13:37 +0800

An Indonesian domestic helper who stole about half a million Hong Kong dollars worth of jewellery and other valuables from actress Cecilia Cheung Pak-chi was jailed for 18 months on Wednesday.

Rospeni, 30, was in financial difficulty and found the valuables spread around the flat a temptation, the District Court heard.

The helper pleaded guilty to stealing three handbags, two diamonds, six rings, five bracelets, three pairs of earrings, four necklaces, some pendants and three pairs of shoes, estimated to be worth about HK$561,400 in total.

A total of 28 items were taken from Cheung’s bedroom, bathroom and the flat’s living room between February 2016 and March 2016.

Rospeni worked for the actress in her Century Tower apartment in Central from March 2014 to June 2016.

Cheung’s assistant found the valuables in the helper’s luggage on June 28 – the last day of her employment. Rospeni was arrested after the theft was reported to police.

In mitigation, lawyer Adrian Yeung said his client came from a poor family and was facing financial difficulties.

“The valuables spread around in the flat were a temptation to her,” Yeung said, who noted that the items had been recovered.

But judge Frankie Yiu Fun-che asserted that the theft was serious and sentenced the maid to 18 months’ imprisonment.

Hong Kong ranked first for the world’s most

holathebest — Wed, 18 Jan 2017 15:08:30 +0800

Tokyo: For all the talk of how expensive it is to buy a house in London or New York, the most expensive major cities in the world are all in Asia.

In Hong Kong, Mumbai, Beijing and Shanghai, it now takes more than 30 years for a household with the local median income to buy a 970 square foot apartment. That’s according to Oxford Economics examination of price-to-income ratios across the world.

And the return from rents in Mumbai, Shanghai, Beijing, and also Delhi are “remarkably low,” which could be an indicator that the valuations in those cities are “stretched.” In all four cities, gross rental yield was lower than 10 year government bond yields in 2016, unlike places such as Tokyo, Sydney, New York and Seoul.

“We expect housing price increases to moderate in the coming years across Asia, with outright falls possible in some markets,” economists Tianjie He and Louis Kuijs wrote in the report. In addition to rising supply and efforts in some places to cool red-hot markets, changes in interest rates will also put downward pressure on prices.

Low interest rates in the last decade have helped fuel house price growth across the world, and the rise in rates in the US and elsewhere will reverse that trend by making mortgages more expensive. Further rate rises by the Federal Reserve may attract money back to the US, which would affect property prices in Asia.

In the long term, rising prosperity and demographic factors still point to strong demand in many large Asian cities, especially those in the less developed economies, which should continue to support house prices there. However, the population of Tokyo and Seoul will likely shrink over the next eight years, which would reduce demand for housing.