Thanks for shining some light onto the demographics coming to HKG and clearing up your point. I was hounded above for suggesting what you've confirmed. Cheap pilots, in large numbers, whose package is insufficient to sustain a family in HKG and who are on a contractual (?) commuting package of 10 days- think I'd prefer month on month off on a clapped out 320/330 for the same $ though.
And without elaborating, I'd stand by the belief that regional low cost pilots are not going to be attracted in numbers to a rigid and demanding check and training system, until there is evidence of professional comfort and risk waning. Before any snide comments here, I'm of a belief you are only as good as your last flight, no legacy like elitism, and the colonial check and training system is flawed in many ways. In fact, if management could sort it out, the race to the bottom would be lead-sinker like !