Reality Check!
Fly 747 wrote:
"You need health care cos they aint got the NHS."
-so...is that bad or good? It seems to me private is better. Always has been.
"You need the school allowance cos your kids aint cantonese so wouldn't do too well in the local school."
-you don't want your kids in a cantonese school. I live in an Asian Country, and even the wealthy Asians who can afford the private schools that KA is paying for send their kids there. My Chinese Cousins go to the American private school. With the local attitudes about schools and competition the local kids go to school up to 16 hours a day. Most emphasis is placed upon memorization and little on social skills and teamwork or team sports. Why do you think Asian kids do so well in Western schools Academically but generally fall down when it comes to teamwork or social skills....So..whats your point 747??? You want to put your kids in a local school?? Most companies around the world don't pay for your kids school either!
"You need the travel fund cos your wife aint hanging around in the heat and smog."
Ya...Los Angeles is much better. Clean Air and cheap electricity ...and drink the water from the tap! Reality Check man....
"You need accomodation allowance cos its very expensive to rent. Yes you can use it to buy but those are the famous golden handcuffs. Property goes down as well as up in HKG you know."
-Jeez...I don't know what to say to you...my company doesnt give me a housing allowance. I have to pay for my house out of my own pocket. Plus my tax rate is about 50%. So why don't you add your house allowance to your salary...that would equate with most people who work at other locals around the world.
"As sidesteppa intimates you won't be smiling quite so much when you get your tax bill cos you aint gonna like it"
-Being that Hong Kong is 15% I believe?? Maybe you think that sucks ... but dude....its alot better than Europe or N.America.
Last edited by 555orange; 13th July 2007 at 11:43.
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