hekokimushi, Mullah etc, you continue to misrepresent the truth. Either your are a bit slow (and I doubt that very much) or you are twisting the facts of the matter to try and make a case.
1. CX have bases in other parts of the world.
2. The locals on those other bases DO NOT get housing/rent, child education etc etc.
3.So an American in America or an Australian in Australia etc DO NOT get expat benefits, why? BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT EXPATS.
Can you comprehend the situation if perhaps it was termed a "living away from home" allowance? You live at home = No living away from home allowance. You live away from home = living away from home allowance.
If your base monthly pay, annual leave, superannuation, advancement opportunities etc etc are the same as everyone else then you are not being discriminated against. The expat allowance is for "living away from home". Why do you feel that you are so special that you should receive extra over and above other people in the CX group who are not expats, working from their home bases who do not get expat allowances? It has nothing to do with race or experience.
And while we are being race discrimination warriors...............where were you when a local Hong Kong operator was sacking staff because they were not locals? Whats that you say..............?