A great night at Mr Leung's place

3 rd October.
A great day for me to meet a very kind CU alumni and his family. Jacky and me went to Mr Leung's home to celebrate the mid-autumn festival. The Leung's fa,ily lived in a town near Einhoven. (This is the base of the famous football team Einhoven as well)

Jacky and me were the first group to arrive there. And we have a nice chat with the Leung's family. Mr Leung was an management trainee in Hong Kong, and later sent to Holland to work for a few years. (Big company usually do this to train a senior)After years of training, Mr Leung did not return back to Hong Kong for a better career prospect. Instead, he chose to stay in Holland becasue of the church.

We talk a lot about the tax system of Holland. That is quite horrible. I list some of the statisitcs here:
1. Holland adopts a progressive tax system, starting from 30%.
2. In Holland, if you buy food, a 6% sales tax is imposed. If you buy other stuff such as clothes, a 19% sales tax is imposed.

Mr Leung paid half of his salary to the government. Holland is a welface society! Ever university student can get a free travel card on weekdays/ weekends. The unemployment assistance is also a great amount comapring to the Hong Kong's one.

At night, Sam came too. He was QFN from Maastricht, a student city. Then Mr Leung explained a lot of history about Holland and WW2 to us. Holland used to be a powerful country in the past(15, 16 century) It had colonies in Taiwan. And its ships are the fastest trade ships at that time. Holland also established New Armsterdam city in US, which is now the New York City. It is hard to believe this!

There is special history about Einhoven too. It used to be a battlefield during the WW2. And the famous War of Market Garden happened here. So till now, there is still memorial functions here.Mr Leung provoked me something about traveling: we should really do some research before going to visit any place. Otherwise, they will just some buildings meaningless to you.

Einhoven Church

Vanabbe Museum



This is the only one artistic stuff I can fully understand. I like this.