Put it into perspective please!
Hang on everyone! Put it into perspective, other professionals have their housing paid for and even more than CX pilots. Rental subsidy for some of these other professionals can almost double our housing. Have you ever wondered what some of our Senior Managers get?
The reality is that the housing is less than the full rental, so there is a lose, in regards to the total amount compared to rental, so why get worked up about it.
IT IS NOT PART OF SALARY. It is separate! It is paid for compensating the clearly excessive rents that landlords demand for their homes/apartments in Hong Kong. It is appropriate if you choose or are told to live in Hong Kong.
When you start to think in local terms, instead of expatriate, you are beginning to allow that thinking to permeate into not being able to distinguishing apples from oranges. So what if the public know.
Housing for expatriates is a DIFFERENT issue, especially if you qualify as a so called professional - but then again, maybe you accept the rhetoric that perhaps you're not - something to think about!