WRT the former post:
<The "expat" receives housing allowance due to the cost of housing in HK comparable with the country they have been recruited from. The fact that the company allows some people to use that for a mortgage is a "company" decision and purely financial, it is cheaper for them in the long run and "ties" the recipients to the company.>
What a load of....
Your statement warrants merit if you come from Oslo, Seoul, London, Paris, Monaco, Tokyo or any other metropolitan area comparable to HKG with, and this is not an understatement, astronomical housing costs. But given the variation in background origin I'll bet there are more than some who come from burb areas with podunk commuter airports that wouldn't have a hope in hell of appearing on the Forbes list of most expensive places to live. And how convenient to argue on the side of the company's financial decision making! It just so happens allow you to accrue equity in the form of some of the world's most expensive property whereas such financial shaking and making is almost non existent in other airline's expat packages. Well, let's not touch upon that point anymore lest the company get wind of the fact that they might be doing you, and not just them, a favour.
<The education allowance is given as the government does not provide free "english" based education, whereas the "local speaking" can receive free education.>
"Local speaking"? You can use the term Chinese, it's not a dalit word. Most LEPS recognise the need for families from overseas needing to place their kids in a language curriculum which reflects what they would be immersed in at home. But there are LEP families here whose kids don't speak a lick of English either.....because guess what, their parents aren't Chinese. Would your standards apply to them too? And if so, then what about the expat families whose kids were born here in HKG....they would then be entitled to all the education benefits that a local child would receive, and why not send them to a Chinese school and become bilingual, which a few expats already are. And still claim the education allowance, which some do. What's that about getting paid mroe than you? Oh right, I forgot, it only applies if locals get more than basic pay. Filthy, filthy thought.