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Hong Kong

Hong Kong’s growing exodus impacts schools and hospitals

The Nikkei Asia has reported that the impact of the exodus from Hong Kong is already being felt in the education and health care sectors with the total number of emigrants expected to peak around the end of this year … Continue reading

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My parents moved to the U.S. for a better life, but I’m returning to Asia for job opportunities

Fast Company has profiled several Americans who, as summed by the title of the piece: “My parents moved to the U.S. for a better life, but I’m returning to Asia for job opportunities.” It was noted how for many Asian … Continue reading

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Asia has some of the most expensive cities for expats

Mercer’s annual Cost of Living Survey finds African, Asian, and European cities dominating the list of most expensive locations for expats working abroad: Five of the top 10 cities in this year’s ranking are in Asia with Hong Kong (2) … Continue reading

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Why it’s much harder for expat bankers to land a Hong Kong job

Bloomberg has reported that more and more, even experienced expat bankers are struggling to find and keep jobs in Hong Kong if they don’t speak Mandarin. The same goes for those without a mastery of China’s business culture or connections … Continue reading

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Survey: Employee (dis)engagement in Asia

The Asian Nikkei Review has noted a recent survey by Gallup conducted globally from 2014 through 2016 which found that workers in East Asia are much less engaged in their jobs than their counterparts in the rest of the world. … Continue reading

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Survey: Expat women increasingly unhappy about the Hong Kong lifestyle

The South China Morning Post has reported that in a female expat satisfaction survey by expatriate networking website InterNations, Hong Kong has become significantly less popular (falling from 12th to 29th place in the rankings) with expat women in the … Continue reading

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Survey: Expats prefer Taiwan over Hong Kong

The South China Morning Post has reported that Hong Kong’s overall ranking in the Expat Insider survey, published by expatriate networking website InterNations, fell further than all but two of 66 other countries this year – from 26th to 44th … Continue reading

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How Hong Kong’s professional landscape has changed over the past decade

Advance (“Connecting Australians Globally”) recently interviewed Australian Fiona Nott (a Governance and Compliance Consultant and non-executive director of Aesop Hong Kong; founder and chair of the Australian Chamber of Commerce Women In Business Network; and a Board member of the 30% Club) … Continue reading

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Fewer Hong Kong expat bankers getting “fat” expat housing packages

A Bloomberg article says the days where Hong Kong expats working in banking or finance enjoy lavished and guaranteed expat housing benefits is fast ending – especially in the wake of layoffs since the start of the year (e.g. Barclays … Continue reading

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The Human Capital Report 2015: Asia findings

The Human Capital Report 2015 (recently published by the World Economic Forum in collaboration with Mercer) showed Asia-Pacific, the world’s most populous region, scoring towards the middle of the range of the Human Capital Index results, with an overall average … Continue reading

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