Hong Kong
In Hong Kong, we predict that people are generally not satisfy with their life quality thus the government. There are several reasons. First of all, in the recents years, the price of private housing is not affordable by citizens, and it is known as the highest among the world. As a result, people need to live in public housing, which will be provided by the government. However, although every year the government set a target on the number of public housing needed to be built, but they never meet the target. People have to wait for around 5 years but just for a public housing unit. So they may not be satisfied with the housing allocation in Hong Kong and the resources allocated in different aspects of life by the government. In addition, the reason why citizens may not be satisfied with the government can be due to the political issues between the China government and the Hong Kong government. Although There is a policy called one country, two system, however the China government often involve themselves in issues happening, the Lee Bo issue can be the best example. Moreover, the price of goods in Hong Kong is quite high, not just about private housing. So Low income citizens’ life may be hard and can't live in Hong Kong with a high quality of life easily.
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Singapore
In Singapore, we predict that citizens will be quite satisfied will their living quality. In Singapore, their places are much more cleaner than in Hong Kong, and also they are known as the fifth most safe country in the world. Also, in the past 50 years , Singapore has changed a lot, it becomes a very developed country and the unemployment rate is very Low. As a result, we think that if most of a people have a job, they may have enough income to sustain their life. In addition, as the government provided a lot of public housing in the country and 86%of people lives in HDB, most of the citizens will be satisfied with the housing allocation in Singapore. Due to the good economy in Singapore, we would think that the policies set by the government would be very good which people will most likely be satisfied on it.
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Comparison
In the survey which was conducted by Mercer about the Quality of Living in 2015, Singapore is ranked 26th which is the top in Asia. However, Hong Kong is only ranked 70th among all countries in the world. However, according to the data from Numbeo, the quality of life index in just 89 in Singapore but 103 in Hong Kong. As this time we are mainly focusing on social mobility and Government in Singapore and Hong Kong, we think that Singaporean will be more satisfied with their life quality comparing to Hong Kong citizens. It is because in the recent years, there are more and more disagreements towards the government in Hong Kong and the decisions made by them. According to the data from the HKU POP SITE about whether Hong Kong citizens are satisfied with the overall performance of HKSAR government, it shows that it decreases from 27.2% in 1997 to -26.9 in the first quartet of 2016. Which means that people are feeling more and more unsatisfied with the current government.
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