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Hi,

I am English and have been living in mainland China for 3 years and currently have a job offer in Hong Kong. I have no idea about cost of living there other than it is way more expensive than the mainland.

The salary is for 480,000 HKD a year plus bonuses. How does this compare to other salaries? Is a reasonable amount that could afford a decent lifestyle or would I be struggling on that and living on rice and instant noodles everyday?

The job is located in central so from what I understand I should expect to pay about 10k to 15k a month for a pretty small apartment, plus up to 2k for electricity and other utilities....is this accurate? Could anyone recomment a district that is not far from central but a bit cheaper for rental?

I have lived in London before and I know it is basically as expensive as you want it to be. But if I was eating at local cheap Chinese restaurants, drinking the local beer instead of import and cooking at home often what do you think my overheads would be for a month?

The other situation is I will be bringing my wife who is a Chinese national, the company says they will get her to HK on a spouse visa, from what I understand this doesn't entitle her to work, has anyone had a similar situation to this, what was the outcome, did you mainland partner find work? Do they have to renew there spouse visa every few months or is it annually?

Any advice would be very much appreciated, thanks for your time!!!