I want to add that it is because we care about our clients, so we can't accept a service like that.
You are assuming the form must be phishing, and is a criminal act. But we were given no details about the complaint from Rackspace, even after the site is back online and I have an opportunity to disable the site painfully, I still cannot figure out how the form is "phishing".
So besides the short notice, it is Rackspace as a servers provider, act on behalf of you as a service provider to identify what is criminal what is not. I keep asking for more details about the complaint but none were given besides a URL.
I'm a native in Hong Kong and have been doing my first startup (PandaForm) here, hope these information are helpful:
1. It is true that you can have only HKD 5k (~USD 650) to start a business up here. Something like HKD 5k (~ USD 650) to hire someone to help you do the company / business registration so you don't have to worry about. Every year you need to pay a small fee for the registration again and pay another HKD 5k for an certified accountant to do your audit report. That's all.
2. Frankly the government is not very "pro-technology" but there are still different programs from funding (such as SERAP) to cheap and nice office (Cyberport and Science Park). Plus you enjoy a nice but very cheap Internet and wireless network here in HK.
3. Lack of funding is probably the biggest problem for startups in Hong Kong, but since you've mentioned it is not that important… Otherwise a lot of local startup moved to ShenZhen or Guangzhou solely for better funding opportunities.
4. Startup Culture is becoming better here. Just take a look at Startups Saturday 2010 (a event for startups this Sat.) here: http://startupshk.com/sus2010/
There are about 4 - 5 different technology user-groups / web events every months..
5. Other factual information to share:
5.1. HKD have a linked exchange rate with USD for HKD7.75 - 7.85 : $1
5.2. Rent is about HKD 10k - 16k per month for a reasonable nice office for 5 man team.
5.3. Young programmer salary are about HKD15k - 20k per month
This align with the respond I got from Linode, so I am actually considering to migrate from rackspace cloud to linode shortly.