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South China Morning Post on 2024-03-09 05:00

Cutting pay of Hong Kong’s civil servants could trigger exodus, economists and political analysts warn

City’s need to retain civil servants makes it difficult for deficit-hit government to slash their pay and save taxpayers HK$40 billion.

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