#SHOWBIZ: HK actor Niklas Lam flies to China for dentist, so much cheaper
HONG KONG: Hong Kong actor Niklas Lam, 30, recently revealed on Instagram that he travels all the way to Shenzhen in China to see the dentist as it is "cheaper than in Hong Kong".
Lam said: "Extracting just one tooth in Hong Kong would have cost me between HK$700 (RM380) and HK$2,500 (RM1,360), but in Shenzhen, I pay 630 yuan (RM365) to have two removed.
"I'm lucky I didn't have to get my wisdom tooth removed because that would've cost even more in Hong Kong."
Lam said that extracting a wisdom tooth in Hong Kong costs around HK$5,000 (RM2,720), and if surgery is required, the price could reach up to HK$8,000 (RM4,351).
A wisdom tooth extraction in Shenzhen only costs 700 yuan (RM405).
"The price difference is ridiculous. Will an actor in Hong Kong be very rich? The truth is they won't. If they're solely relying on their job as an artiste for income, they won't have enough to feed themselves," said Lam.
Many netizens agreed with the actor, and said that they were not surprised at the high cost of living in Hong Kong.
"No wonder my cousin goes to Shenzhen every week for groceries," said one netizen.
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