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out to be a disincentive because a well- established lawyer contemplating to join Government service will know that he will not be able to take advantage of this rather substantial fringe benefit.' The Bar has therefore suggested that such fringe benefit should be converted to a

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cash allowance to enhance the actual emoluments of these experienced

lawyers, should they decide to join

the Government. I support this idea and I would urge the Government to study

this proposal promptly.

Frinke

Fenetres.

On a more generál level, it seems to me that the fringe benefits presently enjoyed by our Government servants are entirely expatriate-orientated: For example school fees for the children of civil servants studying abroad and

the air passages for such children. [1

accept that this is due to historical

# reasons, but indealing with the future, we should disregard the past where nec- essary and look towards the future with a completely fresh mind. Our objective is not to encourage the children of our civil servants to study abroad, but to study at home. Any student studying abroad may decide not to return to Hong

his Kong after completion of the studies. This is not good for the long-term future of Hong Kong. We should therefore encourage these students to study in Hong Kong and to work in Hong Kong after-

wards. We should endeavour to change

the expatriate-orientated package to a

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