Married to the job: Hong Kong civil servants become hot dating choice as love-seeking mainlanders opt for ‘iron rice bowl’

A dating agency has witnessed a surge in interest after it shared the story of a female client from Jiangsu province in eastern China and her hunt for a Hong Kong civil servant husband.

According to the post on Xiaohongshu, the 33-year-old woman, who works for a Chinese company in Hong Kong, wanted a stable partner and believed that marrying a civil servant from the special administrative region would provide just that.