r/Hong_Kong

Got a job offer in HK at a US Bank as a Director of Software Engineering org.

Currently live in London with 2 kids (13 year old and 10 year old). Wife does not work, probably will not work in HK either.

Now, my current compensation in London: (everything is in USD to make it easier to compare):

- Base salary : $175,000

- Year end bonus: $120,000

- Take home after taxes: $172,000 (Tax: 45%)

After living expenses manage to save around: $70,000 per year.

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Hong Kong offer:

- Base salary: 2M HKD per year = $255,000

- Expected year end bonus: 1M HKD per year = $130,000

- Take home after taxes: 2.5M HKD = $320,000 (Tax: 15%)

Now on paper, this offer looks great. However, I will need to pay for 2 kids international school tuition. Claude said EFS schools are good value for money and would cost around $40,000 for 2 kids. Searching for apartments in HK they are small and quite expensive as well.

Currently kids go to a public school and academically I'm not very happy with that school, so would be happy to pay for EFS international school for kids.

I would really appreciate if expats with kids could chime in with suggestions around international schools and areas to get a rental apartment.

I would greatly appreciate any information that would help us to make somewhat informed decision if the move is good idea or not.

I’ve received a job offer, but I only have 25K HKD in savings. Can I rent a room in shared apartment for a maximum of 3000 HKD? As for food, I don’t eat much, so I can manage on two cheap meals a day. I believe I can live like this until I receive my first salary which is one month after employment. My current situation is very difficult, I'm unemployed, so this is a real opportunity to relocate and secure a well-paying job. Or I'm gambling with my life and saving? I just hope be able to start my life there and continue my career, sick tired of Europe.

Hello

We are a group of 4 cousins who are planning to travel to hong kong and Macau next month, we have applied our PAR and it was successful, we have hotel bookings(both hong kong and Macau), flight tickets(return ticket)

We plan to land in Hong Kong and go straight to Macau from there first and then to hong kong

Just a few queries

We saw that HKG airport has free bus service to Macau, with that you skip the HKG immigration and only need to fill the Macau arrival card.

But while coming back from Macau to hong kong we will have to go through immigration, just wanted to know experiences if anyone has tried doing that ?

Is this an okay way to follow or should we not risk it and do the immigration at hong kong airport and then go take the ferry ourselves?

We have heard some stories about inconveniences faced (specially by Indians) during Hong Kong immigration. Just wanted to know if someone did this and suggestions on how to proceed.

Appreciate any help!

Thanks in advance :)

Hi all, I’m a 19 girl and this is Buddy my 3 year old Labrador companion dog. I kindly ask everyone and anyone that can help us stay together, my story is talked about in depth in the petition but long story short, I created a petition to pressure the government into allowing me and my psychiatrist approved emotional support dog to stay together in my public government housing despite the weight limit being 20kg.

The main problem is that he’s over 20kg otherwise he would be okay. The injustice is the fact that the estate management employees told us that we could keep him if no one made any complaints. For several months now there haven’t been any complaints and people actually love him mostly. On a random day, he was being taken out and had uncontrollable diarrhoea within estate grounds which isn’t something anyone can predict or control but we cleaned it up ofc, new management employees saw this and rudely demanded that Buddy can’t live here even though we were told otherwise.

Im trying my best to do anything I can to keep him or else we both are going to go through trauma we don’t deserve. Pls help me he saved my life and keeps me going everyday.🙏🏼

I (22F) was born in HK but grew up in the UK. Recently, having graduated, i've decided to return and live in HK! I am basically starting from 0 socially since all of my friends are back home, so i would love to make some friends that live in HK 😄 I've done my research and most suggestions for making friends in HK are to join run clubs, subscribe to event organisers or join community events, but a lot of them requires hefty entry/subscriptions fee and also I am not a runner or particularly keen on sports clubs in general lol 😭 I was wondering if anyone have any good suggestions for any affordable recurring events i can go to or any female focused groups i can join? 🥹 i enjoy most things/activities I am not picky !!! Also if anyone else is also in the same situation as me PLEASE reach out i would love to become friends 🥹

(intl student)

I bought two tickets back in May expecting to go with someone who disappeared into thin air. I'm still going, but I have a spare seat next to me. If you're in your 30s/40s, love Abel's music, and can hold a friendly conversation, the ticket is yours.

No weird vibes, no pressure—just two people enjoying a concert.

If you’re interested, drop me a DM.

I know that Kowloon walled city was demolished in around 1993-1994 because of how dangerous it was, but is it true?
Were there any other reasons for demolishing it?
And I wonder a place like Kowloon walled city will never appear in front of us again?

-my English isn't very good, so I might make some mistakes-

Could people who have lived and worked in both share your views on where is better to move to? Particularly work culture and social life (HK seems quite materialistic). Profile: 34F professional looking to date, get married, start a family. Lived internationally the last 15 years, grew up in SG.

Title. Here for a day or so. Planning to stop by Sim City area. Have been eyeing the 20mm 2.8 as a walk around lens. I have the 20-60 but I don't like the bokeh on it and it's heavy.

Ideas welcome!

Hello everyone, so I am a student from India and Im flying to Hong Kong to watch the weeknd concert on either 30th or 31st.

I want to know a few questions.
-> Is buying a ticket via viagogo safe for the concert?
-> can I have any leads if there is any reseller willing to sell to me and hand me the ticket when I reach Hong Kong against cash?
-> Do people sell concert tickets outside the stadium as I have seen the same happening in India.

I am ready to offer a little premium but not double the amount. If I don’t get the ticket I will probably roam around the city and enjoy my time anyways.

Thanks

Edit:Only face to face buying

Last Friday, I received an email from the company that I applied, for some information (such as salary expectations) to send it to hiring manager. I replied on the same day.

It’s been a week but I didn’t not receive any reply. I understand that it’s a week of mid autumn and national day holiday, so it could be slow, or people could be on extended holiday.

I would like to know whether no reply was due to holiday or it’s a quiet way to say they picked someone else.