To go or not to go

Gong Xi Fa Cai to all.

Now I am really facing a serious decision to make.  Have been living in Toronto for 10+ and recently got an opportunity to relocate to Hongkong...still in discussion on the package but probably will get a 10 % raise on gross base (140 USD/1.1 M HKD), plus relocation assistant for the family (wife + one 9 year old).  To make things more complicated, I also have options to relocate to NYC or Chicago.

I am not young anymore (just celebrated my 40), and the raise is not huge; but career wise it is definitely a benefit. 

Questions for folks who have similar experience before (relocated to HK from US/Canada):

1. Is it worth it to make such life change (plan to go back to NA in 3-5 years)

2. Have you thought about exit strategy and how easy to go back to NA?

3. Given the info above, would it be a drop on the quality of living in HK?  I know housing in HK is crazy - even though Toronto is crazy too.

4. I probably will propose a lump-sum relocation package for discussion.  What is the number of months's accommodation I should include in the package?  How should I calculate education assistants for my 9 year old?

 

Many Thanks!!

所有跟帖： 

• 來吧。香港挺好的。九歲孩子適應快，在香港讀書，回加拿大，孩子隻會更好，不會更壞。 -丁一凡- ♀ (815 bytes) () 01/29/2011 postreply 19:45:46

• 回複：來吧。香港挺好的。�Å歲孩子適應快，在香港讀書，回加拿大，孩子�»會更好， -Espresso72- ♂ (76 bytes) () 01/29/2011 postreply 20:11:23

• y -丁一凡- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/29/2011 postreply 22:19:00

• 回複：To go or not to go -qsu- ♂ (213 bytes) () 01/30/2011 postreply 18:32:10

• 這種最常見的問題往往是回複最少的 -waiwaiwai- ♂ (1575 bytes) () 01/31/2011 postreply 20:12:59

• "由於眾所周之的原因，和香港有關的板塊從來都缺乏含有有信息的帖子." 好奇！啥原因？ -marge- ♀ (0 bytes) () 01/31/2011 postreply 23:16:56

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