Local contract or international graduate program (called VIE for French people)

[Louise Le Bret]

Dear all,
I have an offer for a local contract in Hong Kong, we offer me 23500HK$ per month, I assume that I'll have to pay taxes, does someone know how much will it be?
I did not sign anything at this stage, and I am thinking about proposing an international graduate program, it is called a VIE in France, the wage is higher and I am exempted of every taxes in France, if it happens to another french person, I' would be glad to have your point of view.

Many thanks in advance,
Louise.

[cookie09]

You can Google Hong Kong salary tax calculator. The government provides this so you can calculate your tax liability upfront. The first 120k are tax free so I think you pay about 5% tax on the rest. Depending on the government tax discount of the year, this could be zero after discount (yes, this is not France...)
Don't counterpropose anything silly like a french program that nobody has ever heard of (except a french company, I guess). Makes you look amateurish and not very ready to move to the big world.
Last but not least, 23k is an excellent salary for a graduate in Hong Kong. Usual bachelor graduates get 12 to 15k here