I'm with STW. The airline which occupys the kitty city of the future will once again prosper, but not until Swire have packed their bags. With mainland management, the gweilo pilots will be pushed out, replaced by cadets from a significantly larger school in Aus, and Chinese ex-military pilots.
Sorry for those wanting to return to HK with no visa, but I think they'll look back on it as a good time to depart (and receive a payout).
Will there be any US base to close? Surely you're all leaving anyway, or are you waiting for a redundancy payout?