Hong Kong is currently one of the regions with the lowest birth rate in the world. There have too many examples of couples not having kids after marriage. As for those who choose to have babies, most of them tend to have one child. In consequence, such an adored child easily becomes spoiled.
When the kids are spoiled, many issues are likely to arise. Consequently, its victimized fathers may suffer in the rest of his life. There was one case that showed that a grassroots father who had no money to subsidy his son to buy a flat when he got married. In such a situation, his son requests his father to transfer his title premises to him. That property is self-use d by his father for two decades years ago.
This son comforted his father by promising to stay with him and take care of him in the rest of his life. Daddy thinks that it is an immense joy in life to have his son who lives with him and take care of him. Nevertheless, the situation was not as expected. One year after daddy transferred his title property to his son. His son showed his true colours. Lastly, he used assorted reasons to drive his father away from home. This old pity father had no choice but to sleep on the street in the end.
Even if most children will not be so unfilial, but as a typical father, they would do anything to help their children to buy a flat or to study abroad. If they push themselves over their limit, they may have insufficient money for their own use in their retirement life.
The writer knows a kind father whose dear daughter had already graduated from college and worked for several years. Indeed, he has finished his father’s responsibility and should enjoy his old age in peace. But three years ago, his thirty years old daughter requested her father to pay her three million dollars to go to the United States to study for a master's degree.
The father did not have enough cash to support her beloved daughter, so he decided to sell his self-use premises and got back five million dollars and handed over three million to his daughter to study in the United States.
Three-year later, his daughter got married after graduation, but never returned to Hong Kong to visit her father until now. This kind father who has retired now. Because he does not have self-use property, he must spend fifteen thousand Hong Kong dollars to rent a flat monthly, plus other expenses, the total monthly expenditures are about thirty thousand dollars. While there is no problem for the time being, but his savings may only sustain his present life for ten years. A decade later, how he gets any support to sustain a decent life, he has no ideas.