The irony in all this is that if there is one place in the world at the moment that a chinese speaking person with a basic CPL and 737 rating could currently get a narrowbody jet job it's just over the border in China. And here's Cathay hiring cadets because they can't find locals with flying experience.
BTW Having permanent ID here doesn't mean anything, you don't exercise it for 24 months at a border crossing and it is revoked. Little bit different to a HKG passport.............
TGIG it wasn't the same conditions, I was rejected until I had 4000 hrs.........