I was in a similar position myself (although with a few more hours) and thought i'd try my luck with Cathay also - got an email back in bold writing, stating the requirements for work as a pilot.
I know of a couple of other people who tried their luck both speculatively and also on the cadet scheme (they had a (f)ATPL fresh out of flight school and both had dual Nationality i.e Hong Kong ID card and British). They managed to get interviews/assessments for the cadet scheme but were told they were overqualified and that there were no cadet courses starting for some time anyway. This all happened sometime last year.
I sent my details through to a bucket address for pilot recruitment off the website. Think it was flightcrew recruitment.