Despite Frugal Nature, Shirley Yeung Splurges on Daughter
New career beginnings are ahead for Shirley Yeung (楊思琦) as she leaves TVB after 13 years of employment. As a single mother, Shirley’s main concern is to provide a good upbringing for her two-year-old daughter, Krystal Yeung (楊卓穎), and lend financial stability to the family. Stressed by the multiple mortgages under her name, Shirley decided to shift her focus to Mainland China and earn more money, although this may mean longer separations from her daughter.
While Shirley is away on scheduled work assignments, Shirley’s mother will be watching over Krystal. Shirley saw this as a necessary part of her work, which allows her to afford the high expenses of a raising a child in Hong Kong. When Krystal was only one year old, she had to undergo intestinal surgery due to the herpes virus. Aside from the hefty healthcare bills, Shirley has also been paying top dollar for Krystal’s playgroups.
Earlier, Shirley was spotted taking Krystal to her playgroup, which does five times a week. After sending her off to class, Shirley would stay behind to socialize with the rest of the parents and wait until the one-hour playgroup session finished. Krystal is a very lively girl, always jumping about and refusing to sit down quietly. While Shirley was talking to other parents, Krystal would whine and cry about wanting to leave. Hoping to minimize her daughter’s clingy behavior, Shirley scolded Krystal, causing her cry loudly.
Not a Frugal Parent
Even though Shirley is known to be frugal and lives simply, she spends $7000 HKD a month on Krystal’s playgroup fee. Noble Place Playgroup Education Center, the playgroup Krystal currently attends, is known for signing up children from wealthy families.
An insider revealed, “Shirley has been asking for other parents’ advice and said that children should change playgroups often because they get bored of the same one very quickly. That is why Shirley changes playgroups every half a year – this is currently the third one. Krystal played with toys and occasionally used the baby gym in her previous playgroups. Now that Krystal is older, Shirley wants her to go to an expensive playgroup where they teach language and math.”
Source: ihktv.com
This article is written by Su for JayneStars.com.
Most Asian parents place their children first if they have the means to do so. So what is so newsworthy about this article?
Agreed!
b/c she’s an actress
Because Jaynestars loves to share articles on their prefered artistes.
3 articles on her in a week. I think we had enough. We get it.
Enough of her . She is only a fourth line actress. Theoritically , most of reader think she is a ****
Wow, they charge you US$1,000 a month just to be in a playgroup????
Heck, can’t the parents organize these activities themselves? I highly doubt they needed a “professional” to oversee the activities of these kids at that age.
That’s Hong Kong for you! These “education centers” know that there are plenty of “water fish” willing to pay the money to send their children there.
If it was me I’ll ask my mum to give the money to me and let me play by myself. I’m absolutely certain I can entertain myself pretty well. Anyway, I think the main aim of this play group is not to play but to build relationships with rich kids since young. It’s more of a connections thing since it’s catered to kids from affluent families.
Same applies to some kids going to private schools in North American or international schools in Hong Kong Kong. Those kids must have rich parents!
shirley yeung is indeed smart investors as she bought many properties before the property price boom era… these properties indeed can help her hedge for her future life…even some leading TVB artists still saving to buy property…Shirley and Linda Chung are the 2 reported artists that earlier started investing in properties before boom era…smart smart
The ‘quality’ of the playgroups may be better, and there’s more creativity nurtured in the more expensive playgroups. Afterall, with the high fees they charge, they can afford to hire better qualified teachers or teachers with more creative intelligence.
But hanging around in rich circles with very deep pockets, when she has limited means … is actually very self-defeating. The child may grow up feeling ‘second class’ because the lifestyles and affordability levels of her classmates are so different from hers.
I don’t find Shirley Yeung super pretty, especially when she was crowned Miss Hong Kong, but I also don’t find Shirley’s acting sucks. She acts a lot better than many TVB artistes, more flexible than Linda Chung and many others.