strewth,
Hong Kong will do what is in the best interest of Hong Kong not Australia. I don't see the HKSAR government changing the law to suite Qantas in the same way I don't see the Australian government changing airline ownership laws there to allow foreign carriers to own a majority in an Australian international airline.
Soul Planet
You think the Ho empire will let this pass so easily?
One could counter that by asking whether the Air China Group and the Hainan Airlines Group will let this pass so easily? There are some very powerful forces on the mainland that want to see this fail, fact.