Tuesday, April 17, 2007
- *note that some of the news here have been transferred to Hanwei Archives
Hanwei's interview found on U-weekly, 21st April 2007; issue 71.
Translation:
Research shows that credit card debt has soared, particularly among young people aged below 30.
Hanwei, who acted in the drama "House Of Joy" as a lawyer asissting in debt management in the drama
was totally the opposite, and not even the benefit of having to pay in installments attracts him!
Hanwei states that he seldom use his credit card, in fact less than 5 times in a month. He has 3 credit cards, one of them
for petrol consumption and the maximum amount he charges to the credit card was 30k-40k if there were to be any misc
cost. He recalled that there was one family crisis where he needed the money urgently. That was when he used money needed for
future and it was torturous having to pay the debts owed.
Now, Hanwei has learnt not to use credit card unnecessarily. He would either borrow cash from his friends or pay by nets if he does not have any cash
with him.
Hanwei, being only son in the family has been using 1/3 of his salary to support his family financially since 1988 when he first started out.
Stressful as it is, he is grateful that his mum is a very thrifty person. He has even set aside money needed for the education of
his 2 nephews, aged 8 years and 7-8 months old.
"I shall see how will they repay me when they grow up!", says Hanwei amusingly.
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