sisyphos,
The way you use emotion over reason I actually would hate to be sitting next to you during an emergency.
Hydrolix is right! Lets at least be consistent with our argument over why LEPs don't get housing. We say that it is not a discrimination issue because they had to entice us to Hong Kong with an expat package. Fair enough, but then if you choose to return to Hong Kong on your own will, why should you get housing assistance over and above what an LEP receives?? If that is the case every LEP who chooses to take a base should get full housing. If they don't then it most certainly becomes a discrimination issue.
The same people that are most vocal about this issue are probably the same people that jumped on CoS08, guess what that was yet another erosion of our conditions, but that didn't stop any of you from signing over!!!
Also, wake up to reality, there is good reason why these are called negotiations and not an ultimatum to the company. You are going to give up something to gain another, that is a fact! You can bang your fist on the desk all you want, but unless the majority is prepared to take industrial action you should concede to the fact that you have no choice but to bargain.