Different industries and regulations I know, but I couldn't help thinking about the similarities after reading about Hong Kong Television Network laying off 320 staff after their failed bid for a free-to-air TV license, which instead were awarded to i-Cable and PCCW.
A couple of quotes from yesterday's Standard really stand out....
Many of my staff joined me and my company and gave up their jobs even though I had not been issued a license.
and this one....
Beyond the industry, Civic Party lawmaker Ronny Tong Ka-wah said the license decision "projected a feeling that the government is protecting an operator who monopolizes the market".
For the sake of those folk who have given up other jobs to join crapstar, I hope you have more success than the unfortunate HKTN workers.