The other way is cutting the numbers of the low stories. For example, there are many hotels and condominiums whose so-called fifth floor is in fact the second floor of the building. In this case, the second, third and fourth floor are miss…

There are two ways to exaggerate stories. One of them is skipping the numbers with “four” because “four” has the same pronunciation as “death” in Chinese. As Japanese language also has the same phenomenon on “four” and “death”, some Japane…

Especially, “88” has a very good image for Hong Kong people. “8” is pronounced “fa” in Cantonese, which is spoken in Hong Kong. It means “becoming billionaires.” “88” must make its owners and dwellers the super rich.

Anyway the condominium has a selling point, “88 stories high with a beautiful bird’s eye view of Victoria Bay.” But observing from the outside, people can’t find 88 stories, but only 46 stories. As Hong Kong people think that the higher bu…

The income tax is 15 percent in Hong Kong. The low tax must make many rich persons and invite lots of the rich from all over the world.

In the fall of 2009, the most expensive condominium in Hong Kong was sold. It was 440 million Hong Kong dollars, 52 billion yen. Very few people can afford to pay for the house to live. It might be a kind of investment to buy such an expen…