Ding ding ding. Just because you haven't happened to have anyone killed lately is not the way a safe airline is determined. And the mundane factors which are, are not made public to the pundits on the internet (although are relatively well known in industry circles).

(Although if airlines ARE killing people somewhat regularly, well it's a decent chance something is amiss and the internet brigade will figure it out despite not being privy to the inner workings and differences among airlines.)

Trying to pull things back on topic....I thought the OPs point was fantastic regardless. CX's fares ex HKG are just stupid price for the product they offer, especially regionally.