EXPATRIATE civil servants have threatened to ''embarrass'' the Government if the Secretary for Civil Service, Mr Barrie Wiggham, cannot allay their fears about localisation.
Mr Allan Roger, Localisation Committee's chairman of the Association of Expatriate Civil Servants, said the committee would make a formal request this week for a meeting before the end of the month. Mr Wiggham said last night he would agree to a meeting when he is approached.
The committee will ask Mr Wiggham to consider giving expatriate civil servants a choice of extending their contracts on local terms, or finishing on expatriate terms but risk losing their jobs when the contract expired.
The Senior Non-expatriate Officers' Association's main opposition to expatriate officers has been to their enhanced conditions of employment.
But many expatriate officers have indicated they would be prepared to give up perks such as return trips to their country of origin, expatriate housing allowances, and longer holidays, in order to remain in the territory.
''We have always hoped this issue can be solved in a peaceful manner, but if this meeting cannot bear any fruitful results, we may embark on campaigns that may embarrass the Government,'' Mr Roger warned.
