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Old 27th September 2010 | 04:42
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hongkongfooey
 
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Krankin, I am guessing HKA/HKE or corporate ? either way, unless you are a DEC, you will not be putting too much into the savings account my friend.

Hope you did'nt fall into the popular traps up here :

1) If working for HKA/HKE they would have quoted you the max amount you can earn per month, and promised you a command in 6 months

2) converting the pay to Aussie dollars, this is not Oz !! and almost everything except phone, electricity and beer, cost significantly more ( yes, I realise they are really the only 3 things you need to live )

3) you can make a fortune in property, well now you need a fortune to get into a 1000sqft flat

4) the pollution is not as bad as the greenies make out. ( ask the 1500 people a year that die of it, on second thoughts, ask the people that visit the doctor 6,000,000 times anually because of it, And no, that is not one person )

The 1000sqft mentioned for 12-14K in Tungers ( Tung Chung ) is about 1/2 the size of a small house in Oz, on the plus side you can look out the window and stare at work all day, on the days that the viz permits .
Disco Bay you need to spend closer to 25-30K for that size, but the missus is likely to take a lot longer to go around the twist in DB. There is that other problem tho.............

Still, I guess there is no talking you out of it, so, good luck
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