About $6.7 million could be saved in the next financial year if a proposal to cancel three localisation schemes at the Department of Justice is approved.
Historically, it was one of the departments with the highest percentage of expatriates, but it is now 80 per cent localised.
The schemes, introduced nine years ago, put local officers on the fast-track, promoting them to acting positions to gain quick experience.
In early 1996 - the latest period for which figures are available - 27 officers were involved.
The three schemes are: The double ladder scheme involving nine government counsel acting as senior government counsel; The development posts scheme: 14 senior government counsel acting as assistant principal government counsel; The succession posts scheme: four deputy principal government counsel acting as principal government counsel.
Under the proposal, the officers would return to their old jobs and salaries, saving about $558,740 a month or $6.7 million a year.
