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Wondering if anyone has gone from teaching in China to Hong Kong, or the other way around . . . I'm currently teaching in one of these places and am basically living without an overseas hire package. I'd like to move, but am wondering if I'd be considered a local hire (and miss out on an overseas hire package) since HK is a special admin. region. Can anyone advise?

How did you get stuck with a local hire package? You've got to be in China, because youd starve on a local package in HK. I went from China (GZ) to HK (Kowloon), but was a foreign/international hire for both. I dont know how an individual school in HK would consider you. It would be on a case by case basis. Where are you from (meaning wheres your passport from)? Personally, I wouldnt tell them you were a local hire, at your current school, and if they ask, lie. Its really none of their businesses, and i doubt your current school would tell them. Just represent and act like your an international teacher (this assumes you come from a western country).

I dont know what school your at, but Im sure you know HK is a LOT more competitive then the mainland.

You'd be an overseas hire.

I know someone who made the move from Beijing to HK. He's an overseas hire.

I am working with someone who came the other way and they are also overseas hires.

Any school that tried to hire you as a local would clearly not be a school worth working for.