Hong Kong can remind us of our the west's lack of social responsibilities 20 years ago

I came in today. Came into the building where I stayed for 2 years and it was like walking into a time machine. The sights, the smells, like walking into a track, things became automatic.





I met the security guard who greeted me for those 2 years. He is Singaporean and Chinese, and his English is far better than any other security guard I've met. The rest I've met, in the building complex and other places, hardly speak two words of English. He helped me alot, with general things. Finding a cleaner, a delivery person, getting directions, finding out about buses.

He told me he will be retiring in a few months. He has to - he's turning 65. He worked at a hotel until he had to retire there when he turned 60. He didn't want to retire then and he doesn't now. He hasn't been informed he will be let go, but he knows it's coming.

Canada has eliminated mandatory retirement - every province did as court cases came forward and the contractual clauses and laws were dropped as deemed against the Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

I think if you can do the job and you still want to, you should. But labour comes cheap here, and the market reigns supreme. And it has me reflect on the social benefits in Canada.