I can't help but wonder if one day in the near future the large number of expats would be a thing of the past in Hong Kong as more business get shifted to mainland and HK's relevance in the global economy shrinks. Already my company has pared down big time in HK but beefed up our office in Beijing. Many of the HK employees who were on an expat package were offered either a ticket home or stay in HK without the package, and most took the latter option (surprising to me).
Anyone else see similar trends in your industry? I'm in retail electronics, which is extremely cut throat.