Thursday, October 1, 2009

依靠

在香港很经常可以看到的一个情景,一个中国人小孩(哪怕是香港人还是什么华人),旁边会有一个年龄不大的印尼或菲律宾女佣。而且有时候可以看得出那个小孩很亲着一个女佣。香港是一个压力很大,工作很忙,竞争很强,人多却很小的地方。几乎所有家长都必须早出晚归。印佣或菲佣是不便宜的(亦我所知大约9000HKD左右一个月),但是无可奈何的家长必须请他们来看管自己的小孩--做饭,接送,清洁等等。也不知是不是原因之一,香港的小孩问题还是挺多的--吸毒,叛逆,等等。我想他们需要家长依靠,却偏偏求之不得。

It is quite common in Hong Kong to see that a young Indonesian/Philippine maid accompanying a Chinese child. Sometimes it can be seen that the child is quite close to the maid. Hong Kong is undeniably a crowded yet small place with tons of pressures, busy work, and high competition. Almost every parent has to work, and work very late. These maids even though their salaries are not cheap (about HKD 9000 per month), but the parents need them to take care of their children. Is it one of the reasons why Hong Kong young generation has so many problems such as drugs abuse. I think they need their parents more than their maids, yet they cannot get what they desire for.

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