Tuesday, July 25, 2006
Best Hotel in the World
Before the handover of Hong Kong to China in 1997, a lot of people from Hong Kong flocked to Canada. They settled down mostly in either Vancouver or Toronto, but preferably Vancouver because it is closer to Hong Kong and the weather is milder than Toronto. As the dust settled down, most of the parents of the Hong Kong families returned to their homeland to make more money, leaving their children in Canada with big houses and cars. China is now prosperous, and the first generation of Chinese Canadians follows their parents' footsteps, and return to Hong Kong either to make their living there or help their parents' business. Occasionally they return to Canada either because of business or for vacation. They are geniune Canadians holding Canadian passports. Do they really know Canada? Do they really contribute anything to the Canadian society? I am not sure. It seems that Canada is their first class hotel. They come here as they wish as long as they can afford the rent. Imagine the scenario that China suddenly changes her heart and turns Hong Kong to dead red. These Chinese Canadians would be holding their Canadian passport high and the first to rush to the airport. They are just going to the best hotel with big pockets.
Recently, thousands of Canadians got trapped in Lebanon. These Canadians complained the government did not react fast enough to move them out of Beirut. In front of the TV camera, they really looked angry. Later there were reports in the newspapers that most of these Canadians hold dual citizenship - Canadian and Lebanese. In fact most of them are Lebanese in origin, and they live there full time but only partime in Canada. The reporters asked why they moved back to Lebanon. The answer is the same - Lebanon is their home land and the weather is so beautiful (Beirut has a nickname called Paris of the East). The Canadian passport is a just a token to get into the best hotel in the world.
My friend knows an old lady who returned to Hong Kong after she got her Canadian citizenship.
Of course the Canadian government would send her old-age pension cheque every month once she was 65. Recently she got cancer and was treated in Hong Kong. When the doctor said it was terminal. She returned to Canada to die. Why? It is because a pot of land in Canada is much cheaper and will last for ever. She finally would be a permament resident of Canada.
Recently, thousands of Canadians got trapped in Lebanon. These Canadians complained the government did not react fast enough to move them out of Beirut. In front of the TV camera, they really looked angry. Later there were reports in the newspapers that most of these Canadians hold dual citizenship - Canadian and Lebanese. In fact most of them are Lebanese in origin, and they live there full time but only partime in Canada. The reporters asked why they moved back to Lebanon. The answer is the same - Lebanon is their home land and the weather is so beautiful (Beirut has a nickname called Paris of the East). The Canadian passport is a just a token to get into the best hotel in the world.
My friend knows an old lady who returned to Hong Kong after she got her Canadian citizenship.
Of course the Canadian government would send her old-age pension cheque every month once she was 65. Recently she got cancer and was treated in Hong Kong. When the doctor said it was terminal. She returned to Canada to die. Why? It is because a pot of land in Canada is much cheaper and will last for ever. She finally would be a permament resident of Canada.
