Betaboy,
I hadn't heard about relaxing the visa requirements for teachers. Doesn't apply to us anyway as my wife got her visa before the rules changed. She is knocking back work every day, and can afford to be very choosy about which schools/classes she works for. Very different to Oz. It took nearly 2 years for the HK Education Dept. to recognise her qualifications. A bit weird as she was allowed to teach the whole time while they were making up their minds about whether or not she was qualified to teach!