It does seem odd the discrimination between 'temporary' residents and permanent residents. The 10K hand out is another example. To me the logical/fair approach would be resident tax payer (i.e. living in HK and paying HK tax).
It does seem odd the discrimination between 'temporary' residents and permanent residents. The 10K hand out is another example. To me the logical/fair approach would be resident tax payer (i.e. living in HK and paying HK tax).
Small Claims Tribunal is the wrong court
Maybe they are counting on you forgetting to cancel automatic renewal and charging you for next year and being better able to hold you to it instead of there being a chance they'll just be leaving?
It seems to be a special offer. From my experience, special offers normally comes with small fine print. Were you able to ask over the phone what was the catch? What were the details of the offer? Were you going to be locked in for xx number of years?
I don't think they would be breaking any law. Similar to sale signs, you would see 50% off advertised on window shops yet on closer inspection, the fine print would say for example 50% off on the second item you purchased and this applies to the lower cost product and so on and so on.
Normally on these things I would do due diligence specially as it seemed to be too good to be true. I would describe this as being butthurt more than anything. Move on.
in Korea I’ve been denied entry to many businesses (typically bars, clubs, spas) who explicitly have a “no foreigners allowed” policy. It’s quite common and the legal system has no recourse for it. While there was a bit of pushback in recent years (or they try to be less explicit and simply say it’s a dress code issue as a workaround) covid ramped up establishments returning to taking on this policy.
https://thediplomat.com/2016/03/the-...an-foreigners/