You can try shashinki, there's a brand called Justino I think; It's China brand I think, but from the review of shashinki owner, it's seems to be good quality and durable. You can try read and check it out, the price is cheaper than those branded ones.

Another brand you can take a look at is "Vanguard", the quality and looks is good, there's many types of model to choose from as well, and the price is cheaper than those branded ones. There's people selling in LYN, or you can find them in certain shops which carries Vanguard products, but they're selling at retail price which is really expensive. One shop that gives good price for the Vanguard product is the "Olympus" shop at MidValley Megamall, ground floor, near Harvey Norman / Fish Manhattan. Most other shop is really expensive, especially Foto Flash (even after their sale discount).
A high end prosumer will do; There's no need to invest on a DSLR, plus when you invest on a DSLR with just kitlens, you're limited with max aperture of f/3.5, and when you zoom, it'll be at f/5.6; While with a point and shoot, most of them comes with f/2.8.
Next, the DOF, with DSLR, you would get more problems like sharpness, subject not in focus, etc. With Point and Shoot, you don't really get these problems or even know this problem exist. In short, when you get DSLR, you might find it's not really so great if you don't utilize or learn how to use it properly. The shots may actually come out worst than a point and shoot.
Plus, the weight and size makes it more inconvenient to carry around, some/many people bought it, excited for a period of time, then leave it at closet, etc. It becomes a burden to carry it around to where they go, they rather use their handphone.

One more thing with DSLR, if you refer to use "LiveView" or the "LCD", you should forget about DSLR. I'd said it function worst than a point and shoot, it's slow, and when you take a photo, it'll actually black out and there's noticeable delay, etc.
And if you use a viewfinder, whatever settings you change, you don't see the "effects" in the viewfinder, so people who are used to the "LCD" will feel wierd (e.g. the settings produce a dark image, but it doesn't reflect on the viewfinder; unlike a point and shoot, you will see the effect in the LCD so you can make necessary adjustment).

If you're keen on photography but not investing so much, and prefers something that's easy to carry around (which you wouldn't worry everytime you want to go out), smaller in size, etc. yet as powerful as DSLR. You can actually check out those EVIL or mirrorless cameras, e.g. Sony NEX, Panasonic G series (GF, GH), Olympuns PEN, etc.
Sony NEX maybe bulkier especially with the 18-55mm lens, but it has sensor size similar to a DSLR and excellent noise handling.
The latest GF3 is more towards consumer, small and slim.
The Olympus PEN is more towards profesional.
All supports touch-screen, and blazing fast focusing (especially the Panasonic and Olympus - what's more, you can touch, the camera will focus and takes a picture IMMEDIATELY with no delay and no "processing image" or "saving", which means, you can do it continuously... With DSLR on LiveView mode, you can't even compare....).

Even with DLSR, you need to know how to use to get to take proper night scene city shot; If on AUTO, most likely it will use slow shutter, or if you use NIGHT SCENE mode, it will also use slow shutter. So.... you still need to hold the camera steady for slow shutter. With Kit Lens, there is VR, for those who are new to DSLR, let's say the bought a 50mm f/1.8G, they have no idea that the camera has no image stabilization unlike PnS which is very common nowadays.

Anyway, mirrorless or those EVIL cameras, the noise handling is already very good; Sony NEX is using same sensor size as DSLR. Most (if not all) of those mirrorless nowadays can handle up to ISO6400 already and have "usable" image.
Lastly, there's still many people restrict themselves from going above ISO1600 despite using a capable DSLR.

In the end, it's about making it worth and using the camera. Most important is for the person to understand what he/she wants/needs; Many people thought DSLR is the best and think to get a nice shot, must get a DSLR; but without proper knowledge on utilizing and investing on better lens, it may not deliver the result they wanted, moreover they face more problems like need to clean sensor, DOF causing out of focus on subject, easily out of focus, heavy, hard to carry around, lazy to bring and use. So, what's the main point of getting a camera, when the person just want a easy to use camera and take some nice pictures, when the camera becomes a burden to them, they don't want to carry the big thing around (end up in the closet never touch),  etc.

My suggestion is purely based on individual; If the person understand what is the DSLR, and really want to get serious on it, then go ahead; But if the person just want something that is easy to use, not invest so much or anymore on it, easy to carry, etc. then they should not be looking at DSLR, moreover, many people think that ONLY with DSLR they can take great pictures.