Thank you for your post. To accentuate what you have written and to further warn good people about Gabriel, I am posting the following excerpt from a 03/29/15 email he sent me.

"SUGGESTION: Come on a tourist/business visa, check out the school for a short while to make sure it is 100% where you want to work for a year and then go to Hong Kong for a work visa (if applicable). Once you get a work visa it is difficult to transfer to another school, so obviously make sure it’s absolutely where you want to work. (You may want to keep this method to yourself as schools want you committed for a full year)."

From what I understand, anyone who would suggest such a thing should be avoided at all costs. Thanks again.