With the company for 5 yrs.
AAI GUY and Changi.prison's info are a little out dated.
Housing in tungchung (as of today), fully furnished 700 sq feet 2 bedroom apartment going for HKD 11.5 K. In caribbean coast. 3 bedroom 1000 sq feet units cost about 15-16K. another capt just moved in to CC recently.
S56 bus to work, assuming u are a short haul pilot going to work 15 days a month @ less than HKD 4 per trip, - HKD 120 per month + late night finishes taxi only HKD 55 per trip. Busses/ train to Causeway bay, wanchai only HKD 50 return trip. I dont know how the amount of HKD 4000 came up. In fact, I personally never spend more than HKD 1000 per month on travelling expenses. Maybe they calculated using taxi to go everywhere.
Utilites now come with HK Gov subsidiary of HKD 150 a month. Being a single short haul pilot, a minimum of 2 layover outport every month, I only get billed less than HKD 1500 for 2 months (coz certain bills like water etc, only comes once in 2 months). And yes, I am a tech savvy guy using a significant amount electricity in my gadgets.
Phone bills with a 2 year contract is only HKD 248 a month inclusive of 900 mins which I never exceeded and unlimited data.
I spend about HKD 250 a day on meals when I am in HK. Well, I am not always at home. Not forgetting layovers etc.
So for a single guy, I spend around HKD 40 000 a month INCLUSIVE of tax of 15%.