some of the comments on this board are utterly disgraceful. I suspect there are those who have always rather liked the fact that there is another group of pilots who are on considerably worse terms - perhaps it makes them feel superior in some way. Pathetic.
Pilots who live and work in Hong Kong should be paid Hong Kong allowances.
Once a CEP has completed his apprenticeship, paid off the training cost and is QL, it is his LICENCE that has the value. How that LICENCE came to be acquired is irrelevant.