ALL who have been given an offer to join Cathay should contact the HKAOA to negotiate their Conditions of Service and compensation, BEFORE they sign any contract. There would be a SIGNIFICANT change in how things are done if that happened.
Bring it on! The experience requirements would increase and we wouldn't be having these arguments because the inexperienced expats would not get a look in. Then a proper expat package could be paid, to "experienced expats", the way it used to be. We can only dream.