SloppyJoe
In a nut shell, No. In the eyes of CX, their recruitment stream was via the iCad fast stream not DE. As I have said CX is hiding behind the RDO to suite their own corporate direction of not offering full expat terms to new recruits. It is a wrong interpretation of the RDO by both CX and the AOA to believe expat terms can not be paid to new expat employees who bring skills and experience to Hong Kong that isn’t readily available from the local population.
Having said that though I believe it would only be fair for the company to offer full expat terms to fast track iCads if they should decide at a late date to reintroduce DESO’s on full expat terms.