hvy 18 wheeler:
Fair comment. With rents at between HK$10 and 20 / sq.ft. in "moderate" areas, Sand Dune is obviously out of date or somewhere in coockoo land.
We are paying HK$9 per sq.ft. (incl. management fee) in a new complex with pool, gym, shopping mall, excellent transport connections to both the city (30 mins by KCR), the airport (50 mins by bus) and the border (10 mins by KCR). Admittedly in the NT, but that's fine as I have to commute to the motherland every day.
Again, the point is that - with the exception of limited term expat contracts - there has been a general levelling of salaries/packages paid to foreigners and locals.