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June 03, 2005

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Hong Kong is one of the only places in the world where the civil servants earn far more than their private sector counterparts, especially once you add in all the lurks and perks. The SCMP reports on the group that brought you "Hong Kong: Take you breath away" during the middle of SARS:

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Lawmakers are demanding greater scrutiny of the Hong Kong Tourism Board's accounts and operations amid growing concerns that taxpayers are funding an overpaid and spendthrift government agency despite record visitor numbers...

In the 2004-05 year, the [Hong Kong Tourism] Board had eight employees in its head office earning between $120,980 and $252,730 a month. This number is dropping to seven this fiscal year. The 41 staff with monthly salaries of between $41,038 and $90,192 in 2004-05 will rise to 43 this year.

Offering those kind of salaries is one way to draw people in, that's for sure. I want to get in on the act. So I am humbly prepapred to offer the services of my kids as tourist drawcards (for a fee) - if the number of photos mainland tourists have taken of them is anything to go by, the Tourism Board's targets will be easily met. Alternatively I'm prepared to lead tours of mainlanders to see gweilos in their natural habitats: Lan Kwai Fong and Wan Chai. Just give me a flag and a cheque.

 posted by Simon on 06.03.05 at 10:40 AM in the




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