HK is not cheap. And before all the replies fly in reminding us all how expensive Dubai is getting, we're not even close to the cost of living out there. Not even close!
All that matters is how much you have left over at the end of the month to save or invest. Sorry BYMONEK, but on that basis, EK is not even close to CX. Not sure how your friends there live, but I have a lot of friends in CX who are at similar seniority to mine in EK, and they just laugh at what we get paid and have remaining at the end of the month (I'm talking B-scale as well). And after all, most of us aren't expats because we like the beautiful surrounds of the country where we work! Remember the famous airline comparison survey that EK talks about, but never releases to us? Our colleagues in CX and KA get to see that (guess those companies have nothing to hide), and that spells things out fairly clearly. It also shows some elements of utter c**p that EK HR managers believe regarding our package.