Originally Posted by
unitedabx
Ron you clearly haven't a clue. So to help you not make the mistakes you outlined above let me tell you this. When you leave on your repatriation flight you are leaving Hong Kong and on an assigned date. To collect your PF tax free you MUST leave HKG before midnight that day or else it is subject to HKG tax. So to refuse to get on , ask for a hotel for the night would cost the company HKD2000 but the pilot potentially hundreds of thousands of dollars. So get real, get your facts straight or better still shut the f****k up. The guy in question is a great guy, great pilot and now thankfully enjoying his retirement away from tough guy morons like you.
united you are totally wrong , you can pick up your provident fund and remain in HK without any tax implications . You could start a new job with a new employer the very next day again without tax implications . The only problem is if you decided to continue as say a sim instructor with Cathay because that is considered continuous employment . I have a number of friends who have left Cathay collected their provident fund and remained in HK without issues