Is it really "play" ??? There are not many permanent jobs any more, anywhere. Everywhere, is pre-build. Pre-made from the previous generation. So if all of the work is done. What are you going to do ? Hit someone ? Demand from the government ?Cos you want to walk in the exact path your parents did, but is not able to do so ??? This is what happens when you go "china speed". The rate of change, is faster, than the people could learn. And even then, people do not share the work, in order to learn a steady lifestyle.... Give people some time to enjoy life. So if the prices slightly go up. Why not ?? Hopefully salaries also go up too. Slowly. People kept flipping.. this is the past generation's legacy... If people were a lot more tougher in HK. The landlords should have indeed increased the prices like N fold.. in order to squeeze out the people.. and to close the door. So many did not even do this. And this business of "but I was here for 70 years".. What about those families that were there during the Ming dynasties and had to do hard work for at least 1000-2000 years ??? They still exist !!!