It's their own choice not to do any hard yards.
Nobody robbed them of anything.........
I don't think PLA is available to local kids and nor would expensive flight training from many who are from a HKG working class/ middle class background.
And I think I alluded to the fact that a lot of the training industry wide has been dumbed-down robbing most of the new generation: low cost carrier, self-funded Airbus simulator endorsement for example.