Well there are many pilots who aren't HK ID holders who were given 'yes' letters after passing TT or AE selection in 2012 only to be told in the second half of that same year that courses would be delayed for 12 months. THEN told after more than a year waiting and putting off other opportunities that any start date, if any at all, won't happen for the foreseeable future.
I know many who are now moving on to other airlines. Lots of these guys, including myself here in Australia, were already flying medium/ large turboprops or narrow body jets. Seems experience is not what cx desires anymore. The numbers to fill their requirements will always be there, but how long can they continue to scrape only the absolute bottom of the barrel for only ID holders before there's a hole?