My friend's case is exactly the same. She worked in a Chinx Lighx as contract several years ago and the company changed her to perm staff last year. Then she discovered she was bingo. However, during this change of employment status, her previous 年資 could not be counted so she is also 10個星期冇糧出.
I went to HSBC during lunch time to draw $$$. The staff told me that if I buy $40K RMB, then I will have $50 Wellcome coupon. Today is the last day of this promotion. I don't know if the rate is high or not now but just thinking RMB is better than HKD so I accept the offer and get the coupon immediately.