[nation]

Originally Posted by nation

So it remains to be seen whether the QMAS quota will be filled. I highly doubt it will. I did, however, read something on the govt news website on 1 July that the legislators are already patting each others' backs for a job well done, more than 200 phone calls a day and already 1 application from overseas. So that should cover all the people waiting the last 4 1/2 months for a straight forward piece of legislation ripped off other legisltaion to be passed. . Keep it up boys and girls at this rate you'll get 73,000 phone calls.

Looks like the QMAS hasn't been the roaring success ImmD thought it would be :

http://www.jobsdb.com/HK/EN/V6HTML/J...ews/061109.htm

[freeier]

frankly, the hk regime is already flexible enough to accomodate the influx of foreign professionals. they are just creating a small little patch to fill up some small niche gap requirements.

actually what other incentives are needed other than the generic economical capitalistic supply/demand flows ?

[kombuchakid]

.....our visionary Government invites us to jump with joy after it hands out residency of the Big Lychee to 83 sports stars, concert pianists, PhDs and other eugenic wonders under the extremely exciting Quality Migrant Admission Scheme. As we glide past the Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Emporium, personnel manager and fellow commuter Ms Ng looks up from her newspaper and asks me, “Yes, but what are supposed to do with them?”

....... The fact is, this is a scheme for famous Mainlanders who want to stash their foreign earnings in a nice, safe bank account far from the clutches of the glorious motherland’s dedicated tax officials. At the margins, they will bid up the price of our extremely scarce decent-sized apartments, which, as everyone knows, will add immensely to our economic growth.

.....our wide-eyed, open-mouthed officials will point stupidly and say, “Look, we have residents with really impressive credentials like top people in New York and London,” and break into a big smile on realizing how clever they are to have made Hong Kong such a big and important place.

hemlock ...9th Nov 06