Dan Teddy yang bertabiat menjijikkan itu tentu saja tidak merasa jijik dengan kelakuan anak orang kaya yang hidup bermewahh-mewah saat orang ada yang mati kelaparan di Indonesia misalnya, saat ada kesenjangan sosial di di Tiongkok misalnya..
--- In [email protected], "Teddy S." <teddyr@...> wrote: > > Jadi buat anak-anak yang beruntung, kuliah di LN juga tidak perlu > bersih-bersih rumah sendiri. Jalan-jalan keliling dunia juga selalu naik > pesawat dalam kelas bisnis. > > > http://www.smh.com.au/executive-style/culture/the-rise-of-the-wealthy-student-20120711-21ujv.html > > > The rise of the wealthy student > > Floor to ceiling windows, Philippe Starck chairs, four-poster beds and a > short walk from the Louis Vuitton store on London's Bond Street, these are no > ordinary student digs. > > Apartments for rent in London's most exclusive neighbourhoods have > traditionally been the preserve of bankers. As the potency of the financial > sector wanes, they are increasingly let to children of the international > super-rich studying at the city's universities. > > "I chose the place and then asked my parents whether it was alright," said > Sumiro, a 21-year-old Indonesian student who will be paying more than $1,300 > a week to live alone in a two-bedroom apartment with the Philippe Starck > chairs when he starts university in September. > Another attraction were his numerous friends living nearby, he said. > > Unlike the stereotypical British students who squeeze into cramped flats and > shop in budget stores, the offspring of the super-rich exhibit a taste for > luxury furnishings, in-house gyms and cleaners that visit twice a week. > > "They're looking for a hotel room," London Central Portfolio's residential > fund manager chief executive Naomi Heaton said, which has students from > Russia, China and Saudi Arabia renting homes in an overall property portfolio > worth more than $700 million. > > "Many of them would have experienced a fairly sophisticated lifestyle, > travelling around the world business class. Their requirements are similar to > that of corporate tenants." > > Nadine, the daughter of a Lebanese businessman, laid out her accommodation > requirements. > > "We didn't want a typical British student pad, we wanted something quite big, > quite decent, so that there would be space for our parents and friends when > they visited," Nadine said, who lived in a $3,600-a-month London flat while > studying last year. > > The rise of the wealthy foreign student comes as companies in the financial > sector cut jobs and budgets, under pressure from shareholders and politicians. > > At the same time, strong economic growth in China and other parts of Asia has > created immense wealth, mainly fuelled by manufacturing, construction and > commodities. The number of US dollar millionaires in Asia outnumbered North > America for the first time in 2011. > > It has led to a surge in demand from overseas buyers of the best London > homes, seen by many as a sound investment. > > Prices for the most sought after central London properties have risen around > 44 per cent in the last three years, more than twice the increase across the > capital as a whole, Knight Frank data shows. > > "The wealth underpinning the student market is stronger than the wealth > underpinning the corporate tenant market," Heaton said. > > Paris and New York are also popular student destinations. In February, > Russian fertiliser oligarch Dmitry Rybolovlev paid $86 million for New York's > most expensive apartment, a penthouse the size of two and a half tennis > courts with views of Central Park, for his student daughter Ekaterina > Rybolovleva. > > The previous owner was a banker - former Citigroup CEO Sandy Weill. > > Parents keen to get the best located homes for their children are often > prepared to outbid bankers, Heaton said. They also sometimes pay a year's > rent upfront as their children don't have a UK credit history. > > LCP research showed the proportion of homes in prime neighbourhoods like > Mayfair and Knightsbridge rented by international students doubled to 23 per > cent in the six years to June 2012, becoming the second largest group behind > the financial sector at 45 per cent. > > "With the current rates of growth, international students would represent 50 > per cent by 2020," LCP's Head of Investment Management Hugh Best told > Reuters, saying expansion in the financial sector was likely to plateau. > > Job cuts among bankers caused prime London rents to fall for the first time > in two years, property consultant Savills said on June 22. > > Foreign students in the City of Westminster district, which includes some of > the city's priciest streets, pay an average annual rent of $43,970, LCP said. > By contrast, accordin to UK website Accommodation for Students, the average > UK student paid $5,314 pounds in 2011. > > About 26 per cent of London's students are from overseas, with China, India > and Nigeria sending the most students to the UK between 2009 and 2011, data > from the UK Council for International Student Affairs showed. > > Renting often paves the way to buying, Heaton said, as students will persuade > their parents to buy a London property once they are familiar with the city, > another factor helping to super-charge the central London property market. > > "It's a function of globalisation," she said. > > "One generation makes the money and the next generation gets sent to > university." > ------------------------------------ Post message: [email protected] Subscribe : [email protected] Unsubscribe : [email protected] List owner : [email protected] Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: [email protected] [email protected] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [email protected] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
