'what are the chances of a JAA FaTPL obtaining at the least a regional or cargo job in asia'
To give you an idea, I have around 2500TT, a few hundred multi turbine hours, am an expat living in Asia, and I too am on the lookout for a regional cargo job
There are jobs about in SE Asia, but a lot of Europeans are looking to escape their collapsing economies at the moment, and from what I have witnessed, they are turning up with suitcases of cash. SE Asian operators are increasingly adopting the P2F concept - jobs that were bonded even a year or two ago have been rebranded P2F in recent times.
If you have the cash, a P2F gig should be fairly straightforward to get down here. Working you way up the ol' fashioned way is a bit stiffer competition, and may take awhile, but like anything in life it depends on how bad you want it!