An expatriate business worker leaves an office building as the sun sets at Hong Kong's financial business district July 13, 2009. For most financial market professionals in this city and other hubs across Asia, the days of extravagant expatriate life have ended. For now at least. The pull-back in perks is, not surprisingly, being met with some resistance. But given the extremity of the global financial crisis, a crisis fueled in large part by banks taking on too much risk, people are generally understanding of the new policies. Picture taken July 13, 2009. To match feature FINANCIAL-ASIA/PERKS REUTERS/Bobby Yip (CHINA BUSINESS)